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Josiah (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ s aɪ. ə /) [1] [2] or Yoshiyahu [a] was the 16th King of Judah (c. 640 –609 BCE). According to the Hebrew Bible, he instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh.
When Josiah became king of Judah in c. 641/640 BCE, [58] the international situation was in flux. To the east, the Neo-Assyrian Empire was beginning to disintegrate, the Neo-Babylonian Empire had not yet risen to replace it and Egypt to the west was still recovering from Assyrian rule. In the power vacuum, Judah could govern itself for the time ...
A footnote in the Amplified Bible regarding Jeremiah 36:3 disputes that King Jehoiakim died of natural causes, asserting that the king rebelled against Babylon several years after these events (II Kings 24:1) and was attacked by numerous bands from various nations subject to Babylon (II Kings 24:2), concluding that he came to a violent death and a disgraceful burial as foretold by Jeremiah ...
King of the United Monarchy: r. 970–931 BCE: Absalom: Jeroboam King of Israel: r. 931–910 BCE: Rehoboam King of Judah: r. 931–913 BCE: Uriel: Nadab King of Israel: r. 910–909 BCE: Baasha King of Israel: r. 909–886 BCE: Maacah Queen Mother of Judah: r. 910–895 BCE: Elah King of Israel: r. 886–885 BCE? Abijam King of Judah: r. 913 ...
Josiah died at the hands of Pharaoh Necho II in the summer of 609 BC. [25] By Judean reckoning, which began regnal years in the fall month of Tishri, this would be in the year 610/609 BC. Josiah reigned for 31 years (2 Kings 21:19, 22:1) and began to reign after the short two-year reign of Amon. Manasseh's last year, 33 years earlier, would be ...
Jerusalem becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Judah and, according to the Bible, for the first few decades even of a wider united kingdom of Judah and Israel, under kings belonging to the House of David. c. 1010 BCE: biblical King David attacks and captures Jerusalem. Jerusalem becomes City of David and capital of the United Kingdom of Israel ...
His Twitter handle, @KingJosiah54, melded his love of Lakers superstar LeBron James — known as King James — and the boy king Josiah from the Bible, as well as the No. 54 that’s synonymous ...
The Judaean king Josiah refused to let the Egyptians pass. [3] The Judaean forces battled the Egyptians at Megiddo , resulting in Josiah's death and his kingdom becoming a vassal state of Egypt. The battle is recorded in the Hebrew Bible , the Greek 1 Esdras , and the writings of Jewish historian Josephus .