1
The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as musick at a banquet of wine.
2
He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
3
He directed his heart unto the Lord, and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.
4
All, except David and Ezekias and Josias, were defective: for they forsook the law of the most High, even the kings of Juda failed.
5
Therefore he gave their power unto others, and their glory to a strange nation.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.