 647 B.C. - 608 BC, Megiddo
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| Name |
Josiah (Josias) ben Amon ha-David |
| Suffix |
King of Judah |
| Birth |
647 B.C. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
608 BC, Megiddo |
| Notes |
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Matthew 3:10
«b»Josiah
«/b»Meaning: healed by Jehovah, or Jehovah will support
the son of Amon, and his successor on the throne of Judah (2 Kings 22:1; 2 Chr. 34:1)
His history is contained in 2 Kings 22, 23. He stands foremost among all the kings of the line of David for unswerving loyalty to Jehovah (23:25). He "did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father." He ascended the throne at the early age of eight years, and it appears that not till eight years afterwards did he begin "to seek after the God of David his father." At that age he devoted himself to God. He distinguished himself by beginning a war of extermination against the prevailing «u»idolatry <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/idolatry.html>«/u», which had practically been the state religion for some seventy years (2 Chr. 34:3; compare Jer. 25:3, 11, 29).
In the eighteenth year of his reign he proceeded to repair and beautify the temple, which by time and violence had become sorely dilapidated (2 Kings 22:3, 5, 6; 23:23; 2 Chr. 34:11). While this work was being carried on, «u»Hilkiah <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/hilkiah.html>«/u», the high priest, discovered a roll, which was probably the original copy of the law, the entire Pentateuch, written by «u»Moses <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/moses.html>«/u».
When this book was read to him, the king was alarmed by the things it contained, and sent for «u»Huldah <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/huldah.html>«/u», the "prophetess," for her counsel. She spoke to him words of encouragement, telling him that he would be gathered to his fathers in peace before the threatened days of judgment came. Josiah immediately gathered the people together, and engaged them in a renewal of their ancient national covenant with God. The «u»Passover <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/passover.html>«/u» was then celebrated, as in the days of his great predecessor, «u»Hezekiah <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/hezekiah.html>«/u», with unusual magnificence. Nevertheless, "the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah" (2 Kings 22:3-20; 23:21-27; 2 Chr. 35:1-19). During the progress of this great religious revolution Jeremiah helped it on by his earnest exhortations.
Soon after this, «u»Pharaoh-Necho II. <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/nechoii.html>«/u» (q.v.), king of Egypt, in an expedition against the king of Assyria, with the view of gaining possession of «u»Carchemish <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/carchemish.html>«/u», sought a passage through the territory of Judah for his army. This Josiah refused to permit. He had probably entered into some new «u»Alliance <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/alliance.html>«/u» with the king of Assyria, and faithful to his word he sought to oppose the progress of «u»Necho <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/nechoii.html>«/u».
The army of Judah went out and encountered that of Egypt at «u»Megiddo <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/megiddo.html>«/u», on the verge of the plain of «u»Esdraelon <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/esdraelon.html>«/u». Josiah went into the field in disguise, and was fatally wounded by a random arrow. His attendants conveyed him toward Jerusalem, but had only reached «u»Hadadrimmon <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/hadad-rimmon.html>«/u», a few miles south of Megiddo, when he died (2 Kings 23:28, 30; compare 2 Chr. 35:20-27), after a reign of thirty-one years. He was buried with the greatest honors in fulfilment of «u»Huldah's <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/huldah.html>«/u» «u»prophecy <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/prophecy.html>«/u» (2 Kings 22:20; compare Jer. 34:5). Jeremiah composed a «u»funeral <http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/funeral.html>«/u» elegy on this the best of the kings of Israel (Lam. 4:20; 2 Chr. 35:25). The outburst of national grief on account of his death became proverbial (Zech. 12:11; compare Rev. 16:16).
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| Person ID |
I60794 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Jun 2013 |
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| Photos |
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Josiah listening to the reading of the law by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld |
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