All his days they departed not - This must be understood in the letter rather than in the spirit. There was no open idolatry in the reign of…

The king reads the Book to the assembly, and renews the covenant. (Compare to 2 Kings 23:1)

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the
countries that [pertained] to the children of I…

Since the years of infancy cannot be useful to our fellow creatures, our earliest youth should be dedicated to God, so that we may not waste any of…