Ben Sira 49:2

2 He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.

Ben Sira 49:2 In-Context

1 The remembrance of Josiah is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as music at a banquet of wine.

2 He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.

3 He directed his heart unto the Lord, and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of God.

4 All, except David and Hezekiah and Josiah were defective, for they forsook the law of the Most High; even the kings of Judah failed.

5 Therefore He gave their power unto others, and their glory to a strange nation.