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    Josiah

    jo-SY-ah

    Meaning

    The Lord supports; Healed by God

    Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 2 Kings

    What it points to

    Josiah proves that age is no barrier to spiritual leadership — that one young person's passion can spark national revival.

    Verse · King James Version

    “And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.”

    2 Kings 22:2

    Most used in the 2000s (US records)

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