So successful was his reign that the Bible states: “Like him there did not prove to be a king prior to him who returned to Jehovah with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his vital force, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him has there risen up one like him. ” ​ — 2 Kings 23: 19 - 25.
त्याची कारकीर्द इतकी यशस्वी ठरली की बायबल त्याच्याबद्दल असे म्हणते: “मोशेच्या नियमशास्त्रानुसार आपल्या साऱ्‍या मनाने, आपल्या साऱ्‍या जिवाने व आपल्या साऱ्‍या बलाने परमेश्‍वरभजनी लागणारा योशीयासारखा राजा पूर्वी होऊन गेला नाही व पुढेहि झाला नाही. ” — २ राजे २३: १९ - २५.