# Sirach 48:2

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/48/2
- Book: [Sirach](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach)
- Chapter: [Sirach 48](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach/48)
- Background: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/sirach#background-and-history
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He brought a sore famine upon them, and by his zeal he diminished their number.