1
The memory of Josiah is like a blending of incense prepared by the art of the perfumer; it is sweet as honey to every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine.
2
He was led aright in converting the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
3
He set his heart upon the Lord; in the days of wicked men he strengthened godliness.
4
Except David and Hezekiah and Josiah they all sinned greatly, for they forsook the law of the Most High; the kings of Judah came to an end;
5
for they gave their power to others, and their glory to a foreign nation,
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