Sir 46:1 

Jesus the son a Nave was valiant in the wars, and was the 

successor of Moses in prophecies, who according to his name was 

made great for the saving of the elect of God, and taking 

vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, that he 

might set Israel in their inheritance. 

Sir 46:2 

How great glory gat he, when he did lift up his hands, and 

stretched out his sword against the cities! 

Sir 46:3 

Who before him so stood to it? for the Lord himself brought 

his enemies unto him. 

Sir 46:4 

Did not the sun go back by his means? and was not one day as 

long as two? 

Sir 46:5 

He called upon the most high Lord, when the enemies pressed 

upon him on every side; and the great Lord heard him. 

Sir 46:6 

And with hailstones of mighty power he made the battle to 

fall violently upon the nations, and in the descent [of 

Beth-horon] he destroyed them that resisted, that the nations 

might know all their strength, because he fought in the sight of 

the Lord, and he followed the Mighty One. 

Sir 46:7 

In the time of Moses also he did a work of mercy, he and 

Caleb the son of Jephunne, in that they withstood the 

congregation, and withheld the people from sin, and appeased the 

wicked murmuring. 

Sir 46:8 

And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two were 

preserved to bring them in to the heritage, even unto the land 

that floweth with milk and honey. 

Sir 46:9 

The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, which remained with 

him unto his old age: so that he entered upon the high places of 

the land, and his seed obtained it for an heritage: 

Sir 46:10 

That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to 

follow the Lord. 

Sir 46:11 

And concerning the judges, every one by name, whose heart 

went not a whoring, nor departed from the Lord, let their memory 

be blessed. 

Sir 46:12 

Let their bones flourish out of their place, and let the name 

of them that were honoured be continued upon their children. 

Sir 46:13 

Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord, 

established a kingdom, and anointed princes over his people. 

Sir 46:14 

By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the 

Lord had respect unto Jacob. 

Sir 46:15 

By his faithfulness he was found a true prophet, and by his 

word he was known to be faithful in vision. 

Sir 46:16 

He called upon the mighty Lord, when his enemies pressed upon 

him on every side, when he offered the sucking lamb. 

Sir 46:17 

And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise 

made his voice to be heard. 

Sir 46:18 

And he destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians, and all the 

princes cf the Philistines. 

Sir 46:19 

And before his long sleep he made protestations in the sight 

of the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man's goods, 

so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him. 

Sir 46:20 

And after his death he prophesied, and shewed the king his 

end, and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy, to blot 

out the wickedness of the people.