2 Kings 21-23 (p 450)
2 Chronicles 33-35 (p 529) JOSIAH THE BOY KING
• Grandfather was Manasseh Evil king (55 years) 2 Kings 21:2 (p 450) Repented 2 Chronicles 33:10-13 (p 529) • Father was Amon Evil king (2 years) 2 Chronicles 33:21-25 (p 530)
• Manasseh 61 years old when Josiah born • Amon was 16 years old when Josiah born • Josiah was 8 years old = King
Jeremiah - Zephaniah - Jesus
THE WORDS OF JEREMIAH THE SON OF HILKIAH, OF THE PRIESTS WHO WERE IN ANATHOTH IN THE LAND OF BENJAMIN, TO WHOM THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME IN THE DAYS OF JOSIAH THE SON OF AMON, KING OF JUDAH, IN THE THIRTEENTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN. JEREMIAH 1:1-2 (P 864) Jeremiah - Zephaniah - Jesus
THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH CAME TO ZEPHANIAH THE SON OF CUSHI, THE SON OF GEDALIAH, THE SON OF AMARIAH, THE SON OF HEZEKIAH, IN THE DAYS OF JOSIAH THE SON OF AMON, KING OF JUDAH. ZEPHANIAH 1:1 (P 1085) Jeremiah - Zephaniah - Jesus
THE BOOK OF THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF DAVID, THE SON OF ABRAHAM … HEZEKIAH BEGOT MANASSEH, MANASSEH BEGOT AMON, AND AMON BEGOT JOSIAH. JOSIAH BEGOT JECONIAH AND HIS BROTHERS ABOUT THE TIME THEY WERE CARRIED AWAY TO BABYLON. MATTHEW 1:1; 10-11 (P 1111) JOSIAH THE BOY KING
• Unlike father and grandfather 2 Kings 22:2 (p 451) • Josiah trusts in the Lord 2 Chronicles 34:3-7 (p 530) • Book of the Law is found } See Deuteronomy 31:26 (p 239) } First surprise: 2 Kings 22:10-11 (p 451) } Then fear: 2 Kings 22:13 (p 451) } Huldah the prophetess: 2 Kings 22:16-20 (p 452) Josiah Is A Man Of Action
• He reads the BOOK to the people 2 Kings 23:2 (p 452) • He made a covenant before the LORD 2 Kings 23:3 (p 452) • He makes the people take a STAND 2 Chronicles 34:32 (p 531) Josiah Is A Man Of Action
• He removes all of the defilements 2 Kings 23:4-16 • He spares the tomb of the man of God 2 Kings 23:17-19 • He does not spare the ungodly priests 2 Kings 23:19-20 (p 453) Josiah Is A Man Of Action
He seeks to restore TRUE WORSHIP 2 Kings 23:21-23 (p 453) 2 Chronicles 35 (p 532) He removes the influences of FALSE RELIGION 2 Kings 23:24 (p 453) He was a man of ACTION 2 Kings 23:25 EPILOGUE – 2 CHRONICLES 35 (P 533) JOSIAH THE BOY KING
Dedicated His Heart As A Young Man To Serve The Lord 1 Timothy 4:12 (p 1364) JOSIAH THE BOY KING
Followed God No Matter What Others Thought Or Said 1 Peter 4:4-5 (p 1393) JOSIAH THE BOY KING
He Did Not Use His Family History As An Excuse Matthew 10:37 (p 1122) JOSIAH THE BOY KING
He Removed Those Things That Defiled 1 Corinthians 15:33 (p 1324) JOSIAH THE BOY KING
He Turned The People’s Heart To Worship The Lord John 4:23-24 (p 1224) AND HE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND WALKED IN ALL THE WAYS OF HIS FATHER DAVID; HE DID NOT TURN ASIDE TO THE RIGHT HAND OR TO THE LEFT. (2 KINGS 22:2)