49:13 And among the elect was Neemias, whose renown is great, who raised up for us the walls that were fallen, and set up the gates and the bars, and raised up our ruins again.
49:14 But upon the earth was no man created like Enoch; for he was taken from the earth.
49:15 Neither was there a young man born like Joseph, a governor of his brethren, a stay of the people, whose bones were regarded of the Lord.
49:16 Sem and Seth were in great honour among men, and so was Adam above every living thing in creation.
50:1 Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life repaired the house again, and in his days fortified the temple:
50:2 And by him was built from the foundation the double height, the high fortress of the wall about the temple:
50:3 In his days the cistern to receive water, being in compass as the sea, was covered with plates of brass:
50:4 He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:
50:5 How was he honoured in the midst of the people in his coming out of the sanctuary!
50:6 He was as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full: