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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:
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"If you have an enemy or someone plotting against your government, send him, and he will come back badly beaten if he should come back at all, because some divine power truly surrounds the temple.