1. By the time that Josiah became king, the nation had been ruined by the idolatry, violence, and deception that had abounded during the reigns of Manasseh and Amon.

요시야가 왕이 되었을 무렵, 나라는 므낫세와 아몬의 통치 때 만연했던 우상 숭배와 폭력과 속임수로 피폐해져 있었습니다.