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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.
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The one who lives in heaven watches over that place and will strike and destroy anyone coming with evil intent."