It has been noted that Josiah is depicted as an extremely righteous ruler. What evidence do you see of this in the Biblical texts?

ancient israel 2 Kings 22-25; 2 Chronicles 34-36
Miller, J. Maxwell, (and) Hayes, John H., A History of Ancient Israel and Judah (Louisville, London: Westminster John Knox Press, SCM, 2006) 439-468.
This tutorial focuses, in similar fashion to Week 3, on biblical texts to assess their reliability in the matter of reporting historical events.
Questions:
1, It has been noted that Josiah is depicted as an extremely righteous ruler. What evidence do you see of this in the Biblical texts? How does this compare to other “good” and “bad” kings as depicted by the Biblical sources? Do you notice any recurring themes? How reliable is such characterization? Give evidence for your answer.
2, What other sources do we have for the period from Josiah to the fall of Judah?
3, What were Josiah’s reforms? What is the relationship between these reforms and the finding of “the book of the law”?
4, What led up to the revolt against Babylonian rule? Can you see evidence of internal conflict within Judah in the biblical sources?
Recommend readings
Albright, William F., ‘A Brief History of Judah from the Days of Josiah to Alexander the Great’, Biblical Archaeologist 9:1 (1946) 1-16.
*Cross, Frank M., Freedman, David Noel, ‘Josiah's Revolt against Assyria’, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 12:1 (1953) 56-58.
*Gordis, Robert, ‘Sectional Rivalry in the Kingdom of Judah’, Jewish Quarterly Review (New Series) 25 (1935) 237-259.
**Na’aman, Nadav, ‘The Kingdom of Judah under Josiah’, Tel Aviv 19 (1991) 3-71.
*Pakkala, Juha, ‘Zedekiah's Fate and the Dynastic Succession’, Journal of Biblical Literature 125 (2006) 443-452.

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