Josiah purges the idols
2 Chronicles 34:1–7; 2 Kings 23:4–20; 1 Kings 13:2
Josiah became king at eight; at twenty he began tearing down the idols and shrines throughout Judah and even in the ruined northern kingdom.
There was no king like him before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him.
2 Kings 23:25 (World English Bible)
At Bethel Josiah burned human bones on Jeroboam's altar, fulfilling a prophecy made three centuries earlier that named him (1 Kings 13:2).
Places
JerusalemSamariaBethelBeershebaMount of OlivesKidronValley of HinnomTophethGeba
Dating notes
Josiah's 12th year (2 Chronicles 34:3), 630 BC counting from his accession in 641 BC.