Big Ideas · 8 · Josiah and Huldah
A prophecy that didn't come true, and stayed in
Huldah promised Josiah he would die in peace. Instead, he was killed by Pharaoh Necho at Megiddo in 609 BCE. The scribes preserved her oracle anyway.
The Bible keeps its loose ends.
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Josiah's death crushed the messianic hopes of his reign. Chronicles says Jeremiah composed laments for him and that singers still mourned him generations later. Within three decades, Babylon would raze Jerusalem.
Bible reference: 2 Chronicles 35:24–25
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 120, 123–124
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