daf bit: Shabbat 56
Nov. 29th, 2012 09:04 amR. Shmuel b. Nachmani said in the name of R. Yonatan: whoever says that
Josiah sinned is in error, for it is said: "and he did what was right in
the eyes of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of David his father".
But if that is so, how do we interpret "like unto him there was no king
before him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart"? If he returned,
that means he sinned! No, this teaches that he revised every judgment
he made between the age of 8 (when he became king) and 18 (when the scroll
of the law was found). He revised prior rulings to be in accord with
torah. (56b)
(Today's daf is 57.)