The LOST Book !

[duxrow]

:huhsign:During the reign of the great and good King Josiah of Judah, a book of the Law of Moses was "found", 2Chr34:14 and 2Kings 22:1. Curiously, the story is told in those two books without ever saying anything about whenever it might have been ‘lost'. Adding to the strangeness is the info that Josiah had been a loyal follower of the Lord even before the book was found, and after he'd read the book he was furious about not having followed its directives. If this is an allegory, it perhaps applies to the Jews who finally come to recognize how Jesus fulfilled the O.T. You think?

This same King Josiah was the same who had been prophesied years previously, by name, in the account in 1Kings13. :pop2:

[weeder]

:huhsign:During the reign of the great and good King Josiah of Judah, a book of the Law of Moses was "found", 2Chr34:14 and 2Kings 22:1. Curiously, the story is told in those two books without ever saying anything about whenever it might have been ‘lost'. Adding to the strangeness is the info that Josiah had been a loyal follower of the Lord even before the book was found, and after he'd read the book he was furious about not having followed its directives. If this is an allegory, it perhaps applies to the Jews who finally come to recognize how Jesus fulfilled the O.T. You think?

This same King Josiah was the same who had been prophesied years previously, by name, in the account in 1Kings13. :pop2:

:yo:
Good stuff.

Judah went through its most thorough reform under Josiah when the book was found. He was the best king. Worshipped the God of David without a book :). Apparantley he was only 8 years old when he began his reign.:pop2:
The worst king of Judah, manasseh , Worshipper of baal, sacrificer of children, had just finished the longest reign of any king.
Looks like the book was still lost during this period.
Like the allegory.

[duxrow]

:ranger:Yeah, Weeder, this is rich. Both kings followed after the LORD with their whole heart, and celebrated significant Passover Feasts: the amended Passover (likened to Solomon's) for Hezekiah, and the regular Passover (likened to Samuel's) for Josiah. Hezekiah is best known for receiving an extra 15 yrs. of life; the only man in scripture to know the year of his death. His son Manasseh was only twelve when he took the throne, so his was a miracle birth!

Josiah was prophesied by name long before he was born, 1K13:2, though he may not have known it until the lost Book of the Law was discovered. 2Chr34:21. When was it lost? Even though he'd been a good king, the Book showed him he'd been doing something wrong. It could be scripture's way of saying they finally found the Book to be TRUE!

It's more than intriguing! How Hezekiah would have died aged 39 without the extra 15 years, but Josiah died at 39 in a battle against the King of Egypt. Hezekiah's age of 54 is twice the number of books of the New Testament. I'm reminded of how "the first shall be last, and the last shall be first", Mt19:30, and wondering if Josiah doesn't represent the Old Covenant, and Hezekiah the New. Hezekiah had showed all his "treasure" to the Babylonians, but it wasn't until after his time that they came and took away that treasure. Consider how we've shown the good Word (likened to fine gold in Psalm 19:10) to the world, and how they'll want to have some after we've gone in the clouds. Could be? :thumb: