Josiah

Josiah in Wikipedia

Josiah or Yoshiyahu (Hebrew: יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ, Modern Yošiyyáhu Tiberian Yôšiyyāhû, "supported of Yahweh (YHWH)"; Greek: Ιωσιας; Latin: Josias; in English pronounced /dʒɵˈzaɪ.ə/[1]) (c. 649–609 BC) was a king of Judah (641–609 BC) who instituted major reforms. Josiah is credited by some historians with having established or discovered important Je...

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Josiah Scripture - 1 Kings 13:2

And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee....

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Josiah Scripture - 2 Kings 21:24

And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead....

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Josiah Scripture - 2 Chronicles 33:25

But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead....

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Josiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

o-si'-a (yo'shiyahu, "Yahweh supports him"; Ioseias; the King James Version Josias (which see)): I. SOURCES FOR HIS LIFE AND TIMES 1. Annalistic 2. Prophetic 3. Memorial II. TRAITS OF HIS REIGN 1. Situation at the Beginning 2. Finding of the Law 3. The Great Reform 4. Disaster at Megiddo The name given 6 years before the death of his grandfather ...

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Josiah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. King of Judah 2Ki 21:24-26; 22:1; 1Ch 3:14; 2Ch 33:25 Ancestor of Jesus Mt 1:10,11 Killed in battle with Pharaoh-necho 2Ki 23:29,30; 2Ch 35:20-24 Lamentations for 2Ch 35:25 Piety of: exemplified in his repairing of the temple 2Ki 22:3-7; 2Ch 34:1-4 Solicitude when the copy of the law was discovered and read to him 2Ki 22:8-20; 2Ch ...

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Josiah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the Lord burns; the fire of the Lord...

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Josiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whom Jehovah heals). 1. The son of Amon and Jedidah, succeeded his father B.C. 641, in the eighty years of his age, and reigned 31 years. His history is contained in 2Ki 22:1 ... 24:30; 2Ch 34:1 ..., 35:1 ... and the first twelve chapters of Jeremiah throw much light upon the general character of the Jews in his day. He began in the eighth y...

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Josiah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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 wal...

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