King josiah and the story of a forgotten books

His father had been wicked, as had the jewish kings and culture for generations before him. The reform of king josiah and the composition of the. Unlike his evil grandfather and father, king josiah tried to lead the people of judah back to god. Unlike his father and grandfather, josiah tore down the pagan altars. And during those years the book had been entirely forgotten. In the eighth year of his reign, scripture records that josiah began to seek the lord 2 chronicles 34. The sordid history of these two kingdoms is given to us in the books of kings and. The first author described the history of judah and israel from solomon to hezekiah 1 kgs. The pagan altars are torn down and removed from the temple. Shaphan, the servant, came quickly, and the high priest told him to carry the book of the king. King josiah and the story of a forgotten book my religion. Josiah was only a teenager when he did something very brave. In wonder they listened to the story of the lost book. Josiah is only eight years old when he becomes king of the southern two tribes of israel.

When he ordered the temple of the lord cleaned and repaired, the high priest found the book of the law that had been lost and forgotten. Josiah was only 8 years old when he became king of judah. King josiah and the story of a forgotten book 2 chronicles 34, 35. T was housecleaning time in the temple of the lord. Josiah was very young, but he knew the people were sinning and worshipping false gods.

King josiah is distressed as he hears the law of god read to him. The high priest carefully removed the dust from this precious book and called for a servant of king josiah. See more ideas about king josiah, bible for kids and sunday school crafts. The book that grieved josiah reformed bible studies. It was housecleaning time in the temple of the lord. Josiahs choice of shaphan to head the royal commission was a wise one. Many years had passed since this building had been repaired by the boy king, joash, and during those long years the temple had been much neglected. King josiah made a vow to keep all the laws written in it. See more ideas about sunday school crafts, bible and king josiah. He wanted to do the right thing and keep gods laws. Arch books left that out of their chipper little rendition of this story, king josiah and gods book.

Read king josiah and the story of a forgotten book from the story gods greatest story told by robertaudal robert huit audal with 71 reads. King josiah and the story of a forgotten book blogger. Josiah is credited by most biblical scholars with having established or compiled important hebrew scriptures during the deuteronomic reform which probably occurred during his rule. In his seeking, he set about restoring the house of the lord. But now many years had passed by since the book had been read. Hardmeier, king josiah in the climax of the deuteronomic history. The toppling of the idols and of the idolatrous altars was considered good stuff for a.

In 2 kings 22 it is reported that the lost book was found during josiahs. His father, amon, was an evil king who worshipped idols. Various ideas have been put forward about what the book was and why it was lost. Josiah, manassehs grandson, became king of judah when he was only eight years old. Such thematic development is quite common in the historical books of 1 samuel. A large crowd greeted king josiah as he came into the temple and stood by one of the pillars. King josiah and the story of a forgotten book wattpad. As josiah grew older, he became more experienced and powerful. Also this kind of development is seen in the joseph stories with the. So at first some older persons help him to rule the nation. The majority of scrolls, tablets, and books discovered in antiquity were real.