prosperity, and success to Joshua if he is “careful to do according to all that is written” in the Torah. Especially if we read 1-2 Kings as part of a Deuteronomistic History, we would expect its kings to be responsive to Torah. Yet, the only king connected to Torah in 1-2 Kings is Josiah, and we are no sooner assured that he keeps Torah to perfection (2 Kgs. 23:25) than we learn that Yahweh still intends to destroy Judah: “However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of his great wrath with