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The purpose of this paper is to study the cult policies of 4 kings (Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Josiah) in the Deuteronomistic History. Thus the relation between Hezekiah and Josiah’s cult reforms and Ahaz and Manasseh’s anti-cult reforms is analyzed.
This study argues that Hezekiah’s reform is at the core of these stories, and, therefore, Hezekiah’ story is compared with the other kings’ cult policies. Hezekiah’s story is the longest among them, and this account is composed of 4 frame themes (cult, policy, prophecy, Torah). This study analyzes Hezekiah’s reformation account and presents that there are at least two traditions embedded in it; one giving significance in the time of Hezekiah and the other in the exilic time. In the former the centralization of the rite was carried out as political and cultic reformation. On the other hand, in the latter, its significance lies in the restoration theology that is of hope for returning from exile. This thesis concludes that, from the perspective of the narrative’s structure, Hezekiah’s reform is more important than Josiah’s reform, and the Deuteronomistic historian in effect highlights Hezekiah’s reform