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One of the most defining characteristics of the Torah's king (Parshas Shoftim) is that he writes himself a Sefer Torah, carries it at all times, is constantly reading it "all the days of his life", constantly re-orienting himself to represent Hashem and his Torah.

My son asked me, Do we have any indication in Nach that one of the kings, even a good one, did any of that?

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    "מה אהבתי תורתך, כל היום היא שיחתי"? (David, Tehillim 119:97)
    – Harel13
    Commented Sep 5 at 4:49
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    See Sanhedrin 102b - the מחמד עיניים of Achav (Melachim 1:20:6) is understood to be his sefer torah.
    – Joel K
    Commented Sep 5 at 5:14
  • Do we have any indication of Nachic kings observing Biblical Mitzvos? No. Do we have any archeological or paleographic evidence of ancient Judeans being aware of the Torah commandments? According to youtube.com/watch?v=6q80lDYQwtE, no.
    – Al Berko
    Commented Sep 5 at 7:19
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    To people who may read the comments section, I wouldn't put too much weight on Yonatan Adler's views. He's a good archeologist, and yes, he comes from a dati background, but when he gets down to the historical explanations of his findings, he's the sort of person who shoots the arrow and draws the target. Don't let the kippa fool you. Cf. for example the almost complete lack of non-kosher animal bones in Israelite sites.
    – Harel13
    Commented Sep 5 at 7:27
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    @MichoelR See Malbim to the pasuk in Melachim
    – Joel K
    Commented Sep 5 at 19:52

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