“ Thus he died and was buried in the graveyard of his forefathers, ” says the inspired account, “and all Judah and Jerusalem were mourning over Josiah. ”
Jeremija viņu apraudāja raudu dziesmā, un vēlāk, kad īpašos gadījumos tika dziedātas raudu dziesmas, tajās tika pieminēts arī ķēniņš Josija.