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Explanation:
- The Bible states that Josiah came to power by "the will of the people," and that in the 18th year of his reign he began to exhort subjects to obey Yahweh exclusively.
- In the same year he ordered the destruction of all the idols, that is, the statues of Baal and Asherah that were in the Temple.
- The priests of these cults were killed, and those who were buried were dug and burnt bones. Josiah persecuted idolaters in the rest of Judea.
- At the same time, Hikiah the High Priest collected taxes to repair the Temple, neglected during the reign of Maneseh and Amon.
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