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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)

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Footnotes

  1. 49.1 Heb: Gk memory
  2. 49.1 Heb: Gk it
'Sirach 49:1' not found for the version: New International Version.

Nathan

47 After him Nathan rose up
    to prophesy in the days of David.(A)

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David

As the fat is set apart from the offering of well-being,
    so David was set apart from the Israelites.(A)

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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)

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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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