Josiah, who became king of Judah at age 8 and reigned from 640-609 B.C., was one of the few good kings who did God’s will and turned his southern kingdom away from worshipping idols. The Revs.

King Josiah went to meet him, and Pharaoh Necho killed him at Megiddo, as soon as he saw him." During this time, Pharaoh Necho II rode out from Egypt to aid the Assyrians.

King David is thought to have been born around 1000 B.C. Josiah entered the scene some 350 years later and, according to the Bible, became king at the age of 8.