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Josiah

648 BC - 609 BC

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Josiah () or Yoshiyahu was the 16th King of Judah (c. 640–609 BCE). According to the Hebrew Bible, he instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh. Until the 1990s, the biblical description of Josiah’s reforms were usually considered to be more or less accurate, but that is now heavily debated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josiah has received more than 2,212,323 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Josiah is the 913th most popular politician (down from 736th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Israel (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Israeli Politician.

Josiah is most famous for reforming the nation of Judah. He instituted a number of religious reforms including the destruction of idolatrous temples, the reformation of the priesthood, and the restoration of biblical law.

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  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Josiah ranks 913 out of 19,576. Before him are Valentinian II, Safiyya bint Huyayy, Wangari Maathai, Galla Placidia, Constantine V, and Nadezhda Krupskaya. After him are Ancus Marcius, Tullus Hostilius, Tokhtamysh, Maria Carolina of Austria, Theodoric I, and Jeongjo of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 648 BC, Josiah ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 609 BC, Josiah ranks 1. After him is Zephaniah.

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    Josiah

    POLITICIAN

    648 BC - 609 BC

    HPI: 74.62

    Rank: 1

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    Josiah

    POLITICIAN

    648 BC - 609 BC

    HPI: 74.62

    Rank: 1

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    Zephaniah

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    701 BC - 609 BC

    HPI: 67.78

    Rank: 2

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Josiah ranks 51 out of 466. Before him are Joel (-1), Amos Oz (1939), Ehud Olmert (1945), Hezekiah (-800), Procopius (500), and Daniel Kahneman (1934). After him are Reuven Rivlin (1939), Herodias (-100), James, son of Alphaeus (-10), Abijah of Judah (-1000), Amalric of Jerusalem (1136), and Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Josiah ranks 16. Before him are Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem (1160), Amin al-Husseini (1895), Jeroboam (-1000), Ehud Barak (1942), Ehud Olmert (1945), and Hezekiah (-800). After him are Reuven Rivlin (1939), Abijah of Judah (-1000), Amalric of Jerusalem (1136), Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177), Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130), and Zedekiah (-617).

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