...was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. And like unto him was there no king before him, that...Moses ; neither after him arose there any like him. Notwithstanding, the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was...

...were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. 25 And like unto hjm 1 Notwithstanding, the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger...

...Judah." and the 25th ver. in speaking of this priest-killing Josiah, says, " Like unto him there was no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all...the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any li Ice him." This verse like the former one, is a general declaration against all the preceding kings...

...•pied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out mi/ like him. 6 he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and...didtremble, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of t provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. 27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also...

...witnessed before in Israel, and on account of which the historian has given him the following testimony : "Like unto him was there no king before him, that...heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might." (2 Kings, xiii. 25.) The conduct of Jehoshaphat also, who adopted such means of promoting divine knowledge...

...King Josiah, he " did that which was right in the sight of the Lord ;' and like unto him, " there was no King before him, that turned to the Lord with all...all his soul, and with all his might, according to the law of Moses." Such was his veneration for the Scriptures, that he took it very ill, when one laid...

...25th ver. in speaking of this priest-killing Josiah, says, " Like unto him there teas no king hefore him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and...all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there anv like him." This verse, like the former one, is a general declaration against all the preceding...

...gives him this bright and glorious character; 2 Kings xxiii. 25, 26, That like unto Josiah there was no king before him that turned to the Lord with all...might, according to all the law of Moses, neither afterwards arose any like unto him. And now what follows after all this ? Why in the next verse, Notwithstanding...

...temple and made a covenant with the Lord, and it is written, ' There was no king before him like unto him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and...Moses ; neither after him arose there any like him.' * For this he was permitted to see the downfal of the hostile kingdom of Assyria, and he and his people...

...inspire, the delight he was disposed to take in the king's house or family. Josiah, his father, " had turned to the Lord with all •• his heart, and...all his might, according to all the law of " Moses, so that like unto him was there no « king before him, neither after him arose " there any like him....