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To legitimize his strong autocracy, now that Assyria was out of the picture, Josiah needed his people to only worship one god, Yahweh. How could he manage that?

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Although there is plenty of archaeological evidence that this guy existed and did what he did, the only sources that say his name are in Old Testament books written long after he was dead. Was his name really Josiah? Who knows, maybe? But that’s what people call him now, so let’s go with that.





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