09/02/2026
Josiah is the son of Amon and Jedidah. Josiah means “foundation”, and he was the seventeenth king of the kingdom of Judah. Josiah became king at the age of eight, and he reigned for 31 years. Josiah was a good king. When the book of the Law was found and read to him, he realized just how far Judah had deviated from the word of the Lord. Josiah then started a campaign to remove Judah's idolatrous images and altars. He put Judah back on the path of following the Lord's laws. Josiah suffered a wound in a battle at Megiddo. He returned to Jerusalem, where he later died, and they buried him in one of the sepulchers of his fathers.