22 While therefore they called upon the Almighty Lord to keep the things entrusted to them safe and secure for those who had entrusted them, (WEB) 23 Heliodorus went on to execute that which had been decreed. (WEB) 24 But when he was already present there with his guards near the treasury, the Sovereign of spirits and of all authority caused a great manifestation, so that all who had presumed to come with him, stricken with dismay at the power of God, fainted in terror. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 3:22–24
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2 Maccabees 3:14–16
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2 Maccabees 3:39–40
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3 Maccabees 1:26–28
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2 Maccabees 3:1–3
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2 Maccabees 14:33–35
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2 Maccabees 5:17–19
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3 Maccabees 6:38–40
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