²⁵ Jeremiah sang a lament for Josiah, and all the male and female singers recite that lamentation about Josiah to this day. In fact, they made singing it an ordinance in Israel, and they are recorded in the Lamentations.^{[a] 26} Now the rest of the accomplishments of Josiah, including his faithful acts of devotion as required in the Law of the Lord, ²⁷ and his other^[b] activities from first to last, are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.