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And two young men, strong and very beautiful and magnificently clothed, also appeared. They stood on each side of Heliodorus, and flogged him continuously, inflicting stroke after stroke. (2 Maccabees 3, 26)
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)
The High Priest, on his part, feared that the king might suspect the Jews of some foul play against Heliodorus, so he offered a sacrifice for the man's recovery. (2 Maccabees 3, 32)
While the High Priest was offering the sacrifice of atonement, the same young men, clothed in the same way, again appeared to Heliodorus, and standing before him, said, "Thank Onias the High Priest, for through him the Lord grants you the grace of life. (2 Maccabees 3, 33)
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)
The king asked Heliodorus who could be sent again to Jerusalem to carry out what he failed to do. Heliodorus answered him, (2 Maccabees 3, 37)
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)
In a conversation with the king, Jason promised three hundred and sixty talents of silver and eighty talents from other revenues. (2 Maccabees 4, 8)
He further committed himself to pay one hundred fifty more talents if he would be allowed to establish on his own account a gymnasium with a Center for the cultural advancement of the youth and if the statute of Antioquian citizenship could apply to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, as well. (2 Maccabees 4, 9)
the wicked Jason sent as envoys some "citizens of Antioch" from the inhabitants of Jerusalem and he entrusted to them three hundred drachmas of silver allotted for the sacrifice to Hercules. When these envoys came, they decided that it was not fitting to spend the money on the sacrifice, but preferred to spend it on other things. (2 Maccabees 4, 19)
Menelaus presented himself to the king whom he impressed by his personal bearing as a man of authority, and so obtained the office of high priest for himself, offering three hundred talents more than Jason. (2 Maccabees 4, 24)
The king was touched and became sad, and even wept as he remembered the personality and noble conduct of the departed. (2 Maccabees 4, 37)
