Josiah both launched a sweeping reform and moved to take possession of appreciable portions of northern Israel. The extent of Josiah’s annexations is, however, uncertain. That he controlled the erstwhile province of Samaria seems clear, for, as we shall see, he carried his reform into that area. He also, at least for a time, held a corridor reaching to the sea, as a fortress of his on the coast south of Joppa indicates. 21 Some believe that he gained control of the provinces of Megiddo (Galilee)