Ben Sira - chapter 48

48: 1 - 25 (translated by Edgar Goodspeed)
Then the prophet Elijah arose like fire, and his word burned like a torch; he brought a famine upon them, and made them few by his zeal, by the word of the Lord he shut up heaven; in the same way, he brought down fire three times. How glorified you were, Elijah, in your wonderful acts, and who can glory like you?  You who raised one who was dead, from death, and from Hades, by the word of the Most High;  (You) who brought kings down to destruction, and distinguished men from their beds; who heard rebukes at Sinai, and judgements of vengeance at Horeb; who anointed kings to exact retribution, and prophets to succeed him; who were taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with fiery horses; who, it is written, is to come in rebuke at the appointed time, to quiet anger before it becomes wrath, to turn the heart of the father to his son, and to reform the tribes of Jacob.
Happy are those who saw you, and those who fell asleep in love; for we will surely live.  When Elijah was sheltered by the whirlwind, Elisha was filled with his spirit.  In all his days he was not shaken by any ruler and no one overmastered him.  Nothing was too wonderful for him, and when he had fallen asleep, his body prophesied.  In his life he did signs, and after his death he worked wonders.  For all this the people did not repent, and did not forsake their sins, until they were carried away captive from their land, and scattered over all the earth.  And the people were left very few in number, but a prince remained in the house of Daivd.  Some of them did what was right, and some of them sinned more and more.
Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into the midst of it; he dug the sheer rock with iron, and built wells for water.  In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent the commander, and departed.  And he raised his hand against Zion, and uttered great boasts in his arrogance; then their hearts and hands were shaken, and the suffered like women in travail.  Then they called upon the Lord, who is merciful, spreading out their hands to him, and the Holy One heard them speedily from heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.  He struck the camp of the Assyrians, and His angel wiped them out.  For Hezekiah did what pleased the Lord, and was strong in the ways of his forefather David, which the prophet Isaiah commanded, who was great and faithful in his prophetic vision.  In his days the sun went back, and prolonged the life of the king.  Through the spirit of might he foresaw the future, and comforted those who mourned in Zion.  He revealed the things that were to be, forever, and the hidden things, before they came to pass.