Sirach 50:4
King James VersionSource notes
“He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:”
Context
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:
3In his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
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!
6He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full:
7As the sun shining upon the temple of the most High, and as the rainbow giving light in the bright clouds: