the altar, and warns that a king from the line of David, named Josiah, will rise in Judah to destroy the altar of Jeroboam (1 Kgs. 13:1–5, 32). We turn to 1 Kgs. 14, expecting a Davidic king named Josiah, but he is nowhere to be found. History continues decade after decade, and still no Josiah. By the time we finally get to Josiah (2 Kgs. 22–23), our minds are so numbed by the details of the chronicle that we have likely forgotten all about the prophecy of the man of God. Every king but Shallum (15:13–16)