Ben Sira 50:4

4 He considered how to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city against siege.

Ben Sira 50:4 In-Context

2 He laid the foundations for the high double walls, the high retaining walls for the temple enclosure.
3 In his days a water cistern was dug, a reservoir like the sea in circumference.
4 He considered how to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city against siege.
5 How glorious he was, surrounded by the people, as he came out of the house of the curtain.
6 Like the morning star among the clouds, like the full moon at the festal season;
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