The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer: 2His remembrance shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, and as music at a banquet of wine. 3He was directed by God unto the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of wickedness. 4And he directed his heart towards the Lord, and in the days of sinners he strengthened godliness. 5Except David, and Ezechias and Josias, all committed sin. 6For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God. 7So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation,