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Sirach 49:4
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4All, except David and Ezekias and Josias, were defective: for they forsook the law of the most High, even the kings of Juda failed.
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2He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
3He directed his heart unto the Lord, and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.
— Sirach 49:4 —
5Therefore he gave their power unto others, and their glory to a strange nation.
6They burnt the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made the streets desolate, according to the prophecy of Jeremias.