2 Kings 23:24–28

²⁴Moreover Josiah put away those who consulted mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the words of ^kthe law which were written in the book ^lthat Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. ^25mNow before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses; nor after him did any arise like him.

Impending Judgment on Judah

²⁶Nevertheless the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was aroused against Judah, ⁿbecause of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. ²⁷And the Lord said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight, as ^oI have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, ^p‘My name shall be there.’ ”

Josiah Dies in Battle

²⁸Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?