1Josiah was eight years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.stylusJeremiah 1:2, Zephaniah 1:1, Jeremiah 1:2, Zephaniah 1:1, 1 Samuel 2:262And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and he walked in the ways of his father David. He did not turn away, neither to the right, nor to the left.stylus2 Chronicles 29:2, 2 Chronicles 29:2, 2 Kings 22:2, Deuteronomy 17:20, Deuteronomy 17:113Now in the eighth year of his reign, when he was still a boy, he began to seek the God of his father David. And in the twelfth year after he had begun to reign, he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the sacred groves, and the idols, and the graven images.stylus2 Chronicles 33:22, 2 Chronicles 33:22, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 33:174And in his sight, they destroyed the altars of the Baals, and they demolished the idols which had been set upon them. And then he cut down the sacred groves and crushed the graven images. And he scattered the fragments upon the tombs of those who had been accustomed to immolate to them.stylusExodus 32:20, Exodus 32:20, 2 Kings 23:4, 2 Kings 23:6, Leviticus 26:305And after that, he burned the bones of the priests upon the altars of the idols. And so did he cleanse Judah and Jerusalem.stylus1 Kings 13:2, 1 Kings 13:2, Jeremiah 3:10, 2 Kings 23:16, Ezekiel 22:246Then too, in the cities of Manasseh, and of Ephraim, and of Simeon, even to Naphtali, he overturned everything.stylus2 Kings 23:15, 2 Kings 23:20, 2 Chronicles 30:10, 2 Chronicles 30:11, Proverbs 25:187And when he had destroyed the altars and the sacred groves, and had broken the idols to pieces, and when all the profane shrines had been demolished from the entire land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.stylus2 Chronicles 31:1, 2 Chronicles 31:1, Deuteronomy 9:21, Deuteronomy 9:21, 2 Chronicles 34:18And so, in the eighteenth year of his reign, having now cleansed the land and the temple of the Lord, he sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah, the ruler of the city, and Joah, the son of Joahaz, the historian, to repair the house of the Lord his God.stylus2 Samuel 8:16, 2 Samuel 8:16, Jeremiah 29:21, 1 Chronicles 18:15, Jeremiah 36:109And they went to Hilkiah, the high priest. And having accepted from him the money which had been brought into the house of the Lord, and which the Levites and porters had gathered together from Manasseh, and Ephraim, and the entire remnant of Israel, and also from all of Judah, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,stylus2 Chronicles 35:8, 2 Chronicles 30:10, 2 Chronicles 30:18, 2 Chronicles 35:8, 2 Chronicles 30:1010they delivered it into the hands of those who were in charge of the workers in the house of the Lord, so that they might repair the temple, and restore whatever was weak.stylus2 Kings 12:11, 2 Kings 12:12, 2 Kings 22:5, 2 Kings 22:6, Ezra 3:711And they gave it to the artisans and the stoneworkers, so that they might buy stones from the quarries, and wood for the joints of the building and for the upper floors of the houses, which the kings of Judah had destroyed.stylus2 Chronicles 33:4, 2 Chronicles 33:7, 2 Chronicles 33:4, 2 Chronicles 33:7, 2 Chronicles 33:2212And they did everything faithfully. Now the overseers of the workers were Jahath and Obadiah, from the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, from the sons of Kohath, who were supervising the work. All were Levites who knew how to play musical instruments.stylus2 Kings 12:15, 2 Kings 12:15, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 25:113Truly, scribes and teachers, from among the Levites who were porters, were over those who were carrying burdens for various uses.stylusNehemiah 4:10, Nehemiah 4:10, 2 Chronicles 2:18, 2 Chronicles 2:18, 2 Chronicles 2:1014And when they carried out the money that had been brought into the temple of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the Lord by the hand of Moses.stylusEzra 7:10, Leviticus 10:11, Psalms 1:2, Isaiah 5:24, 2 Chronicles 35:2615And he said to Shaphan, the scribe: “I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord.” And he delivered it to him.stylus16Then he took the volume to the king, and he reported to him, saying: “Behold, everything that you entrusted to your servants is completed.stylusJeremiah 36:20, Jeremiah 36:21, 2 Kings 22:9, 2 Kings 22:10, Jeremiah 36:2017They have melted together the silver that was found in the house of the Lord. And it has been given to the overseers of the artisans and craftsmen for various works.stylus18After this, Hilkiah the priest gave to me this book.” And when he had read it in the presence of the king,stylusPsalms 119:97, Psalms 119:99, Jeremiah 36:20, Jeremiah 36:21, Psalms 119:4619and he had heard the words of the law, he tore his garments.stylusJoshua 7:6, Joshua 7:6, Galatians 2:19, Romans 3:20, 2 Kings 22:1920And he instructed Hilkiah, and Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Abdon, the son of Micah, and also Shaphan, the scribe, and Asaiah, the servant of the king, saying:stylus2 Kings 22:12, 2 Kings 22:12, Jeremiah 40:6, 2 Kings 25:22, Jeremiah 40:921“Go, and pray to the Lord for me, and for the remnant of Israel and Judah, concerning all the words of this book, which has been found. For the great fury of the Lord has rained down upon us, because our fathers did not keep the words of the Lord, to do all that has been written in this volume.”stylusJeremiah 21:2, Ezekiel 14:1, Ezekiel 14:11, 2 Chronicles 28:6, Jeremiah 21:222Therefore, Hilkiah, and those who had been sent with him by the king, went to Huldah, the prophetess, the wife of Shallum, the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the vestments. She was living in Jerusalem, in the second part. And they spoke to her the words which we explained above.stylusExodus 15:20, Exodus 15:20, Acts 21:9, Luke 1:41, Luke 1:4523And she responded to them: “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you to me:stylusJeremiah 37:7, Jeremiah 37:10, Jeremiah 21:3, Jeremiah 21:7, 2 Kings 22:1524Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will lead in evils over this place, and over its inhabitants, with all the curses that have been written in this book, which they have read before the king of Judah.stylus2 Chronicles 36:14, 2 Chronicles 36:20, 2 Chronicles 36:14, 2 Chronicles 36:20, Deuteronomy 28:1525For they have abandoned me, and they have sacrificed to foreign gods, so that they provoked me to wrath by all the works of their hands. Therefore, my fury will rain down upon this place, and it will not be extinguished.stylusJeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 7:20, Nahum 1:6, Nahum 1:6, Jeremiah 15:126To the king of Judah, who sent you to petition before the Lord, so shall you speak: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Since you listened to the words of this volume,stylus2 Chronicles 34:21, 2 Chronicles 34:23, 2 Chronicles 34:21, 2 Chronicles 34:2327and your heart was softened, and you humbled yourself in the sight of God concerning these things which have been said against this place and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and since, revering my face, you have torn your garments, and have wept before me: I also have heeded you, says the Lord.stylus2 Chronicles 32:26, 2 Chronicles 32:26, Ezekiel 9:4, Psalms 34:18, Ezekiel 9:428For now I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be brought into your sepulcher in peace. Neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will lead in, over this place and over its inhabitants.” And so they took back to the king all that she had said.stylusPsalms 37:37, Isaiah 39:8, Psalms 37:37, Isaiah 39:8, 2 Chronicles 35:2429And he, calling together all those greater by birth of Judah and Jerusalem,stylus2 Kings 23:1, 2 Kings 23:3, 2 Kings 23:1, 2 Kings 23:3, 1 Chronicles 29:230ascended to the house of the Lord, united with all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the Levites, and all the people, from the least even to the greatest. And in their hearing, in the house of the Lord, the king read all the words of the volume.stylus2 Kings 23:2, 2 Kings 23:2, 2 Chronicles 34:18, 2 Chronicles 34:19, 2 Chronicles 6:131And standing up at his tribunal, he struck a covenant before the Lord, so that he would walk after him, and would keep his precepts and testimonies and justifications, with his whole heart and with his whole soul, and so that he would do the things that were written in that volume, which he had read.stylus2 Chronicles 23:16, 2 Chronicles 23:16, 2 Chronicles 15:12, 2 Chronicles 6:13, 2 Kings 23:332Also, concerning this, he bound by oath all who had been found in Jerusalem and Benjamin. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem acted in accord with the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers.stylus2 Chronicles 33:16, 2 Chronicles 29:29, 2 Chronicles 30:12, Genesis 18:19, 2 Chronicles 14:433Therefore, Josiah took away all the abominations from all the regions of the sons of Israel. And he caused all who were remaining in Israel to serve the Lord their God. During all his days, they did not withdraw from the Lord, the God of their fathers.stylus2 Chronicles 34:3, 2 Chronicles 34:7, 2 Chronicles 34:3, 2 Chronicles 34:7, Joshua 24:31