Josiah became king at the age of eight. When he was about fifteen he sought the Lord for himself. Then fours later he started to cleanse the nation if its high places and idols. The idols were utterly destroyed, symbolic of the desire to be completely rid of all vestiges of idol worship.
Next he set to work on the temple. Again, the use of money is mentioned. In the church we should not be shy of talking about money and using it properly. It is the improper use of money and wrong attitudes (especially a love for money) that are the problem. Money should be used to achieve God's purposes.
While all this was going on they found the Book of the Law. It is amazing that they had forgotten about it. However, much of the church today seems to have forgotten the Bible, so maybe we should not be that surprised.
The king listened to the Law and repented. A female prophet then speaks. The news is bad, for judgement is going to come. However, Josiah would not see it because of his faithfulness.
Josiah reacted by getting all the people to commit themselves to the Lord.
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