Ecclesiasticus · Restored Names Edition · first paragraph
1The remembrance of Josias 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 musick at a banquet of wine.
2He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
3He directed his heart to Yahuah (God), and in the time of the ungodly he established the worship of Yahuah (God).
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