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All the people of Judah mourned his death. The prophet Jeremiah composed a lament for King Josiah. It has become a custom in Israel for the leaders and their wives to sing this song when they mourn for him.
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These things are recorded in [The History of the Kings of Judah.] Everything that Josiah did, how he gained his fame and his understanding of the Law, what he did earlier and what is told here, is all recorded in [The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah.]
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The people of Judah chose Josiah's son Joahaz and made him king. Joahaz was twenty-three years old,
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and he ruled Judah and Jerusalem for three months. Then the king of Egypt deposed him
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and made the nation pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold as tribute.