Josiah's Jerusalem

     In the Hebrew Bible, Hezekiah and Josiah are mentioned as being good kings, while other rulers of Jerusalem don't receive that title. The main reason why Hezekiah and Josiah are considered "good" kings is because they brought about relligious reforms. Both had tried to remove idol worships from temple, by destroying idols and any objects they thought were being workshiped. This centralizing worship to the Hebrew God and the Temple in Jerusalem. These acts of bringing people back to worshipping the one and only Hebrew God at the temple in Jerusalem are main reasons that both kings were thought to be "good" kings. The Bible claims that those who do good things, will be blessed by God. 
      During Hezekiah's reign we see an increase in literacy, as more writings were found during this time. We have Mezad Hasavyahu that had biblical references, mentioning injustices to the poor. Even more surprising was the letter by a soldier, where he writes that he is able to read and write, and he doesn't need a scribe. We see that at this time not only were the rich, or royal class, able to read and write, but also literacy may have spread all the way to a soldier in an army. In addition, the reason a book was chosen to collect the stories of the Hebrew people and God was because it allowed different people to interpret those stories, and to share those stories with others in an easier way, and stories written down will last long as they can simply be passed down and read by someone else.