to assume a wholesale return to Manasseh’s policies during his son Amon’s reign (642–640). What remains clear is that there was a far-reaching reform led by King Josiah, prompted by the discovery of the Book of the Law (2 Kgs 22:8–13), most likely Deuteronomy or portions thereof. Josiah restored the national observance of Passover, renewed the covenant with Yahweh, and, as we just noted, removed the abominations Manasseh and kings before him had endorsed (2 Kgs 22:8–23:27; 2 Chr 34–35; cf. 2 Chr