OT Characters: Josiah

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/ot41-josiahmp3/">website</a>.</p><p><strong>Hebrew words:</strong></p><ul><li><i>Yoshi’yahhu </i>(Josiah) -- “healed by Yah[weh]”</li><li>Appears 55x in the Old Testament.</li></ul><p><strong>Further study:</strong></p><p>Mentioned in passing: Deuteronomy 2:27, 5:32, 17:20, 28:14; Joshua 1:7; 1 Kings 22:34; Psalm 119:72.</p><p>See the parallel account in 2 Kings 21-23.</p><p>Contrast Josiah's reaction with the dismissive attitude of his grandson Jehoiakim, in Jeremiah 36.</p><p>See also 1 Kings 13:2, where an unnamed prophet prophesies the iconoclast king by name. This is very unusual, though for a parallel see Isaiah 44:28 and 45:1, where the reign of the Persian king Cyrus is foretold.</p><p>Is Jeremiah the uncle of Josiah? Click <a href="http://douglasjacoby.com/articles/3165" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><strong>Some things we learn about God:</strong></p><ul><li>God brings us his word through others, who were in turn taught by others, and so on...</li><li>He expects a response to his message: not a dismissive but a determined effort to follow his Word.<ul><li>The right reaction is not: “Well, I obeyed the gospel when it was explained to me. I have arrived."</li><li>It is, rather, “I continue to search and investigate and make whatever changes in my life that are required by the word of God or in step with the leading of the Spirit of God.</li></ul></li><li>Though the Lord honors those who fear him, and is a God who answers prayer, he does not pardon everyone on account of the vision of a single person. Repentance is an expectation not only of leaders, but of all the people of God.</li></ul><p><strong>For kids:</strong></p><ul><li>Write out a number of passages on brightly colored (or otherwise obvious) slips of paper, rolled up in the shape of a miniature scroll, and place them in different rooms (or areas) of your home.</li><li>Using whatever pretext is necessary to bring about the discovery of the scrolls, as