Today's Favorite Verse: 2 Chronicles 34:1-3

Today's Favorite Verse: 2 Chronicles 34:1-3
"Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images."

I enjoyed reading about Josiah and what a righteous and good king he was. I was surprised at his youth. He was only 8 years old when he came to reign. Amazing considering Amon was his father, and he didn't learn to be righteous from him. When he's 16 years old he seeks after God and by 20 he's removing idolatry from among them. He's learning and cleansing Judah and Jerusalem. By 26 he's repairing the house of the Lord. When Hilkiah the priest finds the law of the Lord given to Moses and it is read to Josiah the king mourns that they have not worshipped as they should. Josiah has the book read to the people. Then he covenants to walk after the Lord, and the words written in the book. Not only was Josiah righteous he cared that his people were taught of the Lord and the served God. It made me think of the youth and what promise.

"And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book." (2 Chronicles 34:31)

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