Personalities · 8 · Josiah and Huldah

Josiah, the boy king

Josiah took the throne at eight. One can imagine the court intrigues around a child-king, but the Bible focuses on his reforms in his eighteenth year.

A child placed on the throne by the nobility.

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The landed nobility, 'the people of the land,' installed him after his father Amon was assassinated by his servants.

Bible reference: 2 Kings 22:1

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 119, 122

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