Josiah: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Josias
Born	c.648 BCE
Died	609 BCE
Role In	Deuteronomic Reform

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Uzziah

king of Judah

Moses and the Ten Commandments

Moses

Hebrew prophet

József Molnár: The March of Abraham

Abraham

Hebrew patriarch

Ahaz

Ahaz

king of Judah

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Jehoshaphat

king of Judah

The Construction of the Tower of Babel

Nimrod

biblical figure

Jacob

Jacob

Hebrew patriarch

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Athaliah

queen of Judah

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Jehoiachin

king of Judah

Samson, muscular and draped in a patterned cloth, pushes apart two large pillars as a young man clings to him, with onlookers reacting in the background.

Samson

biblical figure

David slays Goliath

Goliath

biblical figure

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Elijah

Hebrew prophet

Painting by James Jacques Joseph Tissot showing Joshua in ancient armor, raising his arm and shield, with an army and battlefield in the background.

Joshua

Hebrew leader

Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn showing Jeremiah sitting in a dimly lit cave, head resting on his hand in sorrow, with Jerusalem burning in the background.

Jeremiah

Hebrew prophet

Gilded bronze relief panel by Lorenzo Ghiberti shows Isaac, Jacob, and Esau in an architectural setting, with multiple figures and intricate detail, from the Gates of Paradise in Florence.

Isaac

Hebrew patriarch

The prophet Isaiah

Isaiah

Hebrew prophet

Aaron, detail of a 3rd-century fresco from the synagogue at Doura-Europus, Syria; in the National Museum, Damascus

Aaron

biblical figure

Samuel

Samuel

Hebrew prophet

David

David

king of Israel

King Saul

Saul

king of Israel

Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.

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