Josiah is the perfect example of a good king who made a stupid decision. Even though he was by most measures a ‘good’ king, he decided to fight against a Pharaoh who had no reason to fight him, and even told him “Your God told me to go up and fight the Assyrians.”................
Bible-readers who share your alertness find many stories illustrating the same human foibles and follies which befall them today. God wants us to see ourselves in the Bible’s pages: who cannot look back on Josiah-like folly in his own life?