Josiah Who Found the Book

Eight years old when he begins to reign; in his eighteenth year while repairing the temple the book of the law is found; tears his clothes when it is read; gathers the people, reads it aloud, makes covenant; tears down the high places and the asherim; passes too like a comet. Failure mode: None in the reform; later dies in a battle he insisted on joining against warning. Restoration path: Tear your clothes when the book is read; do not patch the temple while leaving the high places. Markers: young king of a corrupted house; book found during ordinary repair; tears clothes at the reading; public covenant under the heard word; tears down everything that competed