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Sirach 50:4
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4He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:
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2And by him was built from the foundation the double height, the high fortress of the wall about the temple:
3In his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
— Sirach 50:4 —
5How was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming out of the sanctuary!
6He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full: