Josiah was the king of Judah. In the days of Jeroboam (shortly after the death of Solomon) a prophet of God was sent from Judah to Bethel to prophesy against Jeroboam’s idolatrous altar. He cried against the altar, “a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places ... and men’s bones shall be burned upon thee.” 1 Kings 13:2. About 320 years later Josiah was born. He was only eight years old when he began to reign, and he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. When he was twelve years old he began to purge Judah of the high places and images. “And he burnt the bones of the priests upon the altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali.” 2 Chronicles 34:1-7. Thus was the prophecy fulfilled.
Cyrus, king of Persia, was mentioned by name in the prophecy of Isaiah. “That saith of Cyrus, He is My shepherd, and shall perform all My pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundations shall be laid. ... I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.” Isaiah 44:28-45:3. Jerusalem and the Temple had not been destroyed in the days of Isaiah the prophet, although he speaks of Cyrus ordering the rebuilding of them. The prophecy was given approximately 150 years before Cyrus was born.
In the last verse of 2 Chronicles “Cyrus king of Persia” says, “the Lord God of heaven ... hath charged me to build Him an house in Jerusalem.” Then in the first chapter of Ezra is given the account of Cyrus’s actions in direct fulfillment of prophecy.