Josiah was one of the greatest kings Israel ever had. During his reign the nation was fragmented and only a shell of its former glory. All that was left of the whole of Israel was the Southern Kingdom (the tribes of Judah and Benjamin) and a scattered remnant of the northern ten tribes. In a few years what was left would be overrun and carted off to Babylon. Yet for this brief moment of grace, God’s favor is seen in the reign of this good and godly king. We are told in 2 Kings 23:25 that “… before