Josiah also removed all the shrines of the high places that were in the towns of Israel, which kings of Israel had made, provoking the LORD to anger; he did to them just as he had done to the altar at Bethel — Josiah's reformation extends into northern territory (the towns of Israel), eliminating all high-place shrines established by northern kings. This cross-border reformation indicates Josiah's vision of national religious unity and restoration. The phrase 'which kings of Israel had made, provoking the LORD to anger' echoes the theological evaluation of northern apostasy established in the fall-of-Samaria narrative.

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