Sirach 50:3

¹Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house again, and in his days fortified the temple:

²And by him was built from the foundation the double height, the high fortress of the wall about the temple:

— Sirach 50:3 —

⁴He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:

⁵How was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming out of the sanctuary!