2 Maccabees 3:22

22 While everyone was begging the Lord Almighty to protect the money that had been entrusted to his care,

2 Maccabees 3:22 In-Context

20 But wherever they went, they lifted their hands to God in prayer.

21 What a pitiful sight it was to see the High Priest in such great agony and frustration and to see everyone in the city confused and lying face down on the ground.

22 While everyone was begging the Lord Almighty to protect the money that had been entrusted to his care,

23 Heliodorus went on with his plan.

24 But at the very moment that he and his bodyguards arrived at the treasury, the Lord of all supernatural powers caused such a vision to appear that everyone who had dared to enter with Heliodorus was panic-stricken and weak with fear at this display of the Lord's power.