“According to the allegory, Josiah is a figure of the saving Lord, he who is called the salvation and strength of the Lord, since Scripture says of him, "The mighty Lord, the Lord strong in battle." And elsewhere, "He will save his people from their sins." In fact, out of zeal for God, he who said through the prophet,…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — ON ECCLESIASTICUS 10:21
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2He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
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1The 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.
— Sirach 49:2 —
3He directed his heart unto the Lord, and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.
4All, except David and Ezekias and Josias, were defective: for they forsook the law of the most High, even the kings of Juda failed.