2 Kongebok 23:25

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Det hadde aldri før vært nogen konge som han, nogen som således hadde omvendt sig til Herren av alt sitt hjerte og av all sin sjel og av all sin styrke efter hele Mose lov, og efter ham opstod det ingen som han.

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unto him: 2 Kings 18:5

that turned: 2 Kings 23:3, Deuteronomy 4:29, Deuteronomy 6:5, 1 Kings 2:4, 1 Kings 8:48, 1 Kings 15:5, Jeremiah 29:13

according: Nehemiah 10:29, Malachi 4:4, John 1:17, John 7:19

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 21:25 - But there Job 1:8 - none Jeremiah 22:15 - thy Hebrews 11:38 - whom

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And like unto him was there no king before him,.... The same is said of Hezekiah, 2 Kings 18:5, Hezekiah might excel him in some things, as Josiah might excel Hezekiah in others:

that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might; with such sincerity, heartiness, zeal, and constancy:

according to all the law of Moses; having respect to every commandment, especially relative to worship, with the greatest precision and exactness:

neither after him arose there any like him; for all to the captivity were wicked princes.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And like unto him ... - See 2 Kings 18:5 note. We must not press the letter of either passage, but regard both kings as placed among the very best of the kings of Judah.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 23:25. Like unto him was there no king — Perhaps not one from the time of David; and, morally considered, including David himself, none ever sat on the Jewish throne, so truly exemplary in his own conduct, and so thoroughly zealous in the work of God. David was a greater but not a better man than Josiah.