623 BC · Divided Kingdom

Josiah's reform and the great Passover

The Book of the Law was found in the temple, Josiah tore his clothes and renewed the covenant, and kept a Passover unlike any since the days of the judges (2 Kings 23:21-23), in his eighteenth year, 623 BC.

📖 2 Kgs 22:1

1Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.

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