Josiah reads in the temple the book of the law. He purifies the temple and Judah from idolatry. He destroys the altar at Beth-el, and pollutes the place. He takes away the high places of Samaria, and kills the priests: he celebrates the passover, is wounded at Megiddo, and dies. He is succeeded by his son Jehoahaz, and afterwards by Jehoiakim.
Before Christ 623.