After hundreds of years Passover is back. Not that it was missing but that not even David had the people celebrate it. Josiah does. I had no idea that the Passover was not celebrated under David’s rule but our text clearly points that out. Could it be because the Tabernacle was not in Jerusalem with […]
Josiah makes a clean sweep of all the land. He removes even the idols that Jeroboam set up in the beginning of the divided kingdom. NO MORE IDOLS! After hearing the words of the Lord, Josiah takes up the task of restoring the people to the Lord. He doesn’t just order them not to engage […]
The BEST find ever was made in the Temple. The Book of the Law. Its discovery sparked a true revival in Judah. While getting ready for restoration of the Temple, the Book of the Law was found. It had been MANY years since it was read or followed. In it God commanded each new king […]
Josiah undertakes his first big task. After 18 years on the throne, Josiah decides it is time to repair the Temple. The Temple has gone through multiple repairing and destructive processes. This is the same Temple that Solomon built for the Lord. The place where God said He would put His name and call His […]
Another good king takes the throne, at the age EIGHT. And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and “did not turn aside to the right or to the left” (verse 2b). It has been a while since Judah had a truly godly king. Manasseh turned back to God in the […]
