Holy Scripture
Sirach 49:3
A church father on this verse
“The exercise of piety consists first in the reverence of divine veneration. Whence in Ecclesiasticus it is said of Josiah that he took away the abominations of impiety and governed his heart unto the Lord, and in the days of sinners he strengthened piety. It is certain that before the coming of Christ, the worship of…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3He directed his heart unto the Lord, And in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.
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1The remembrance of Josiah is like the composition of the perfume That is made by the art of the apothecary: It is sweet as honey in all mouths, And as music at a banquet of wine.
2He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, And took away the abominations of iniquity.
— Sirach 49:3 —
4All, except David and Hezekiah and Josiah, were defective: For they forsook the law of the most High, Even the kings of Judah failed;
5For they gave their power unto others, And their glory to a strange nation.