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He had already come near the Treasury with his bodyguard, when the Lord of the spirits and of every power caused so great a manifestation that all who had dared accompany Heliodorus were astonished before the power of God, and they lost their strength and courage. (2 Maccabees 3, 24)
Heliodorus fell to the ground, enveloped in great darkness; then his men took him up and put him on a stretcher. (2 Maccabees 3, 27)
So he was carried away, powerless even to help himself, he who but a moment before had proudly entered the treasury with a great retinue and all his bodyguard. Everyone clearly recognized the power of God. (2 Maccabees 3, 28)
And as for you, who have been scourged by heaven's command, make known to all how great is the power of God." Having said this, they vanished. (2 Maccabees 3, 34)
Heliodorus then offered a sacrifice to the Lord and prayed at great length to him who had spared his life. He took leave of Onias and went back with his guards to the king. (2 Maccabees 3, 35)
He even dared to lay the blame for everything on Onias who was the great benefactor of the city, the defender of his compatriots and a zealous observer of the laws. (2 Maccabees 4, 2)
Seeing his ruin, Menelaus promised a great amount of money to Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes, in order to have the king in his favor. (2 Maccabees 4, 45)
Wait, and you shall see his great power when he torments you and your descendants." (2 Maccabees 7, 17)
When Judas learned that Nicanor had come with a great army, he told his men about this. (2 Maccabees 8, 12)
They prayed that if the Lord would not save them because of their own merits, that at least out of consideration for the covenant he made with their fathers and for that great venerable Name with which he had blessed his people, he would do so. (2 Maccabees 8, 15)
Maccabeus gathered and reorganized his troops, numbering about six thousand, and exhorted them not to fear the enemy but to fight bravely against their unjust aggressors, despite their great number. (2 Maccabees 8, 16)
He also reminded them of what had happened in Babylonia, in the battle against the Galatians. On that day, eight thousand Jews fought side by side with four thousand Macedonians, and as the Macedonians were hard pressed, their Jewish allies alone killed twenty thousand of the enemies' troops with heaven's help and seized a great booty. (2 Maccabees 8, 20)
