Ben Sira 50:4

4 He considered how to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city to withstand a seige.

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 cistern for water was quarried out, a reservoir like the sea in circumference.

4 He considered how to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city to withstand a seige.

5 How glorious he was when the people gathered round him as he came out of the inner sanctuary!

6 Like the morning star among the clouds, like the moon when it is full;