# 2 Kings 23:25

> Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.

— 2 Kings 23:25, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. 622-609 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.

## Who ruled

- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- 2 Kings 18:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/5
- Jeremiah 29:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/29/13
- Deuteronomy 6:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/6/5
- 1 Kings 8:48 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/8/48
- 2 Kings 23:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/3
- John 1:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/1/17

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/25
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).