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So Heliodorus, after he had offered sacrifice unto the Lord and made great vows unto Him that had saved his life, and saluted Onias, returned with his host to the king.
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Then testified he to all men the works of the great God, which he had seen with his eyes.
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And when the king asked Heliodorus who might be a fit man to be sent yet once again to Jerusalem, he said,
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"If thou hast any enemy or traitor, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him well scourged, if he escape with his life; for in that place no doubt there is a special power of God.
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For He that dwelleth in heaven hath His eye on that place and defendeth it, and He beateth and destroyeth those who come to hurt it."
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And the things concerning Heliodorus and the keeping of the treasury turned out in this manner.