2 Kings 23 - 25

King Josiah restored worship in the temple according to God's prescriptions.  The items of idolatry were removed from the sacred ground and burned, the sacred places of worship for these false gods were defiled and those who served as priests to these counterfeit deities were removed.  A Passover celebration was held that had no rival for opulence or majesty.  In spite of all the good that Josiah did, God was still determined to exact punishment for the evil deeds of Manasseh, Josiah's grandfather.  Josiah dies in battle and his descendants rule the nation while it is sieged by Egypt and Babylon, eventually falling to the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar.  The nation of Judah was taken into exile, her lands left and her people scattered.