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Heliodorus offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made many solemn promises to the savior for sparing his life. After thanking Onias, he took his military force back to the king.
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While the high priest was making the sacrifice for reconciliation, the same two young men, dressed in the same clothing, appeared again to Heliodorus. They stood by him and said, "You owe Onias the high priest your gratitude. Because of him the Lord has graciously given life to you.
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But you who suffered a beating from heaven must proclaim the great power of God to all." Once they said these things, they disappeared.
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Heliodorus offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made many solemn promises to the savior for sparing his life. After thanking Onias, he took his military force back to the king.
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He testified to everyone about the works of the great God that he had seen with his own eyes.
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When the king asked Heliodorus who would be the right sort of person to send again to Jerusalem, he said: