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.
( 2. Ķēniņu 23: 19 — 25.)