Josiah immediately gathered the people together, and engaged them in a renewal of their ancient national covenant with God. Thank you! to the workers that were working on the temple. When Josiah was 16 years old, he tried to learn how to worship Jehovah in the right way. His attendants conveyed him toward Jerusalem, but had only reached Hadadrimmon, a few miles south of Megiddo, when he died (2 Kings 23:28,30; Compare 2 Chronicles 35:20-27), after a reign of thirty-one years. He had probably entered into some new alliance with the king of Assyria, and faithful to his word he sought to oppose the progress of Necho. He is found in the Old Testament in 2 Kings 22-23. The king’s secretary Shaphan brought the scroll to Josiah and began to read the Law out loud. the workers doing the repairs. Old Testament Overview: Introduction to the Bible, Overview of Select People in the Bible & designed to use with multiple ages in the class, Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at 4:12:00 PM CDT, Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 2:38:00 PM CDT, Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 8:04:00 PM CDT, Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 2:18:00 PM CDT, Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 2:49:00 PM CDT, Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 4:07:00 PM CDT, Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 1:14:00 PM CDT, Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 12:39:00 PM CDT, Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 6:21:00 AM CDT, Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 6:32:00 AM CDT, Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 7:12:00 AM CDT, Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 12:49:00 PM CDT, Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 12:51:00 PM CDT, Friday, August 28, 2020 at 7:47:00 AM CDT. Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the What helped him to do what was right? In those days, the people were practicing magic and worshipping idols. Jeremiah composed a funeral elegy on this the best of the kings of Israel (Lamentations 4:20; 2Chr 35:25). And when Josiah was 26 years old, he arranged for Jehovah’s temple to be repaired. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Absolutely. Then King Josiah stood by a pillar and This has been a fantastic resource for my RI class. Answer: Josiah was the king of Judah from approximately 640 to 609 B.C. old. Copyright © 2020 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania. I would cut the rectangles and glue/staple them on the side. Josiah was the son of King Amon and the grandson of King Manasseh—both of them wicked kings of Judah. As a prophetess, Huldah gave people special messages from God. King Josiah said he would follow the Lord and keep His Thanks so much.May God bless you richly for this nice resource :-). Thank you, Candy. In those days, the people were practicing magic and worshipping idols. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment! JosiahWe have selected Josiah as one of the most important people and character from the Bible and provided a biography and character outline of this famous person. After the lesson, we will Here’s how it’s stated in The New Oxford Annotated Bible: This means Josiah is the king during a time of great uncertainty in Judah. removed the priests that worshipped the idols. King Josiah commanded that the idols that were in the temple to He has no idea what’s going to happen…including if Assyria is going to carry his people, and possibly him, away captive. When he was 20 years old, he started to destroy the idols and altars in all the land. So, Josiah was 8 years old when he became the king of Judah! TERMS OF USE worry about counting the money the workers were taking, because they were all the king that they had gathered the money for the temple and delivered it to What helped Josiah to do what was right despite the bad example of his father? And when Josiah was 26 years old, he arranged for Jehovah’s temple to be repaired. I appreciate you stopping by and leaving a nice comment! When the book of law was read to King Josiah, he tore his clothes! 34:1). Are you happy for me to include some of these - particularly the worksheet? In the temple, the high priest, Hilkiah, found the scroll of Jehovah’s Law​—maybe the very scroll that had been written by Moses. Thank you for sharing it. .”  After they read it, Shaphan took the book of the law to King Josiah. During the progress of this great religious revolution Jeremiah helped it on by his earnest exhortations. You can copy/paste the visuals and if you are using them for class, etc., you do not need to add a credit.