Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah from Bozkath. He did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight and followed the example of his ancestor David. He did not turn away from doing what was right.
He renewed the covenant in the Lord's presence. He pledged to obey the Lord by keeping all His commands, laws and decrees with all his heart and soul. ... And all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.
Josiah was the king, the leader of his nation. And he led his people back to worshiping the Lord God. The people followed their king in returning to God's Truth.
Josiah cleansed Judea of all the shrines, altars, totems, shrine prostitute houses, pagan shrine buildings, all the articles used in pagan worship, all the mediums and psychics and even all the household gods. The people all cooperated with this cleaning out of all these things, because they knew that God has no rivals, all these other gods are nothing. And God caused the whole nation to prosper.
May God bless our nation with a godly leader who will lead us all back into God's righteous ways: to cleanse us of all these same things, represented by the pornography; the child abuse; the detestable practices of those who have perverted God's good gifts and promote their perversions from high places; the unjust judges and the unrighteous lawmakers; the employers who defraud us all in their unnatural products, and their support and promotion of lawlessness; and all the idolatrous worldly-wise and powerful people who practice, support and promote the murder of our most precious innocents, and those who let the guilty go unpunished.
As God allowed Josiah to bring Judah back to Right Living before she was dragged off to Babylon in captivity; so let Him grant us that same reprieve to enjoy His blessings again before our end.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
