<P> Josiah ( / dʒ oʊ ˈsaɪ. ə / or / dʒ əˈzaɪ. ə / ) or Yoshiyahu was a seventh - century BCE king of Judah ( c. 649 -- 609 ) who , according to the Hebrew Bible , instituted major religious reforms . Josiah is credited by most biblical scholars with having established or compiled important Hebrew Scriptures during the `` Deuteronomic reform '' which probably occurred during his rule . Josiah became king of Judah at the age of eight , after the assassination of his father , King Amon , and reigned for thirty - one years , from 641 / 640 to 610 / 609 BCE . Josiah is known only from biblical texts ; no reference to him exists in surviving texts of the period from Egypt or Babylon , and no clear archaeological evidence , such as inscriptions bearing his name , has ever been found . Nevertheless , most scholars believe he existed and that the absence of documents is due to few documents of any sort surviving from this very early period , and to Jerusalem having been occupied , conquered , and rebuilt for thousands of years . </P>
<P> Josiah ( / dʒ oʊ ˈsaɪ. ə / or / dʒ əˈzaɪ. ə / ) or Yoshiyahu was a seventh - century BCE king of Judah ( c. 649 -- 609 ) who , according to the Hebrew Bible , instituted major religious reforms . Josiah is credited by most biblical scholars with having established or compiled important Hebrew Scriptures during the `` Deuteronomic reform '' which probably occurred during his rule . Josiah became king of Judah at the age of eight , after the assassination of his father , King Amon , and reigned for thirty - one years , from 641 / 640 to 610 / 609 BCE . Josiah is known only from biblical texts ; no reference to him exists in surviving texts of the period from Egypt or Babylon , and no clear archaeological evidence , such as inscriptions bearing his name , has ever been found . Nevertheless , most scholars believe he existed and that the absence of documents is due to few documents of any sort surviving from this very early period , and to Jerusalem having been occupied , conquered , and rebuilt for thousands of years . </P>
name of the youngest king in the bible
name of the youngest king in the bible
Josiah
Josiah