| − | '''Josiah''' ([[Hebrew]] '''יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ''', "supported by [[YHWH]]", or [[Greece|Greek]] '''Ἰωσίας''') (649-r. 641-610 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 720, 728-9, 732, 737-8, 740-741, 743-44, 746, 750, 754-760</ref> or 648-r. 640-609 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 310-314</ref>) was the fifteenth king of the [[Southern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]] in direct line of descent. | + | '''Josiah''' ([[Hebrew]] '''יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ''', "supported by [[YHWH]]", or [[Greece|Greek]] '''Ἰωσίας''') (649-r. 641-610 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 720, 728-9, 732, 737-8, 740-741, 743-44, 746, 750, 754-760</ref> or 648-r. 640-609 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), pp. 310-314</ref>) was the fifteenth king of the [[Southern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]] in direct line of descent. He was also the last king of the Southern Kingdom which the Bible describes as doing "what was right in the eyes of the LORD". |