_THE BOY-MONARCH_ ‘Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign.’ 2 Kings 22:1 For all the years Josiah had been represented as one of the models of the Bible. Nothing appears in his history which the Lord seems to have disapproved. Four things there are in our verse which show the remarkabl... [ Continue Reading ]
_A MEMORABLE YEAR_ ‘The eighteenth year of king Josiah.’ 2 Kings 22:3 Josiah mounted the throne when he was eight years old. He was the son of Amon and the grandson of Manasseh, both of them evil rulers who had forgotten God. It is therefore all the more surprising and delightful to light on the... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE BIBLE—LOST OR FOUND?_ ‘And Hilkiah the priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord.’ 2 Kings 22:8 There is an apparent discrepancy between the recorded facts of the reign of Josiah and the indications of his inward temperament and dispositio... [ Continue Reading ]