- Josiah:
- This prince was one of the best, if not the best, of all the Jewish kings since the time of David. He began well, continued well, and ended well. "And he criedª° against¹ the altarª in the wordª of the LORD,ª and said,ª° O altar,ª altar,ª thus¹ saithª° the LORD;ª Behold,¹ a childª shall be bornª° unto the houseª of David,ª Josiahª by name;ª and upon¹ thee shall he offerª°¹ the priestsª of the high placesª that burn incenseª° upon¹ thee, and men'sª bonesª shall be burntª° upon¹ thee." {1Kg 13:2} + "Josiahª [was] eightª yearsª oldª when he began to reign,ª° and he reignedª° in Jerusalemª oneª and thirtyª years.ª" {2Ch 34:1} + "And he didª° [that which was] rightª in the sightª of the LORD,ª and walked²°¹ in the waysª of Davidª his father,ª and declinedª° [neither] to the right hand,ª nor to the left.ª ... And Josiahª took awayª°¹ all¹ the abominationsª out of¹ all¹ the countriesª that¹ [pertained] to the childrenª of Israel,ª and made¹ all¹ that were presentª° in Israelª to serve,ª° [even] to serveª°¹ the LORDª their God.ª [And] all¹ his daysª they departedª° not¹ from followingª¹ the LORD,ª the Godª of their fathers.ª" {2Ch 34:2-33} + "To whom¹ the wordª of the LORDª came¹ in the daysª of Josiahª the sonª of Amonª kingª of Judah,ª in the thirteenthªª yearª of his reign.ª°" {Jer 1:2} + "The wordª of the LORDª which¹ came¹ unto¹ Zephaniahª the sonª of Cushi,ª the sonª of Gedaliah,ª the sonª of Amariah,ª the sonª of Hizkiah,ª in the daysª of Josiahª the sonª of Amon,ª kingª of Judah.ª" {Zph 1:1} + "Andª Ezekiasª begatª° Manasses;ª andª Manassesª begatª° Amon;ª andª Amonª begatª° Josias;ª" {Mtt 1:10}, Josias
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