Sirach 49:1
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Josiah and Other Worthies
49 The name[a] of Josiah is like blended incense
prepared by the skill of the perfumer;
his memory[b] is as sweet as honey to every mouth
and like music at a banquet of wine.(A)
Sirach 47:1
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Sirach 47:2
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David
2 As the fat is set apart from the offering of well-being,
so David was set apart from the Israelites.(A)
Sirach 48:17
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Hezekiah
17 Hezekiah fortified his city
and brought water into its midst;
he tunneled the rock with iron tools
and built cisterns for the water.(A)
Sirach 48:22
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22 For Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord,
and he kept firmly to the ways of his ancestor David,
as he was commanded by the prophet Isaiah,
who was great and trustworthy in his visions.(A)
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