Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation When the king asked Heliodorus who would be the best man to send on the next mission to Jerusalem, Heliodorus replied, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when the king asked Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet once more to Jerusalem, he said: 2 Maccabees 3:35So Heliodorus, after he had offered a sacrifice to God, and made great vows to him, that had granted him life, and given thanks to Onias, taking his troops with him, returned to the king. 2 Maccabees 3:36 And he testified to all men the works of the great God, which he had seen with his own eyes. 2 Maccabees 3:38 If thou hast any enemy, or traitor to thy king dom, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him again scourged, if so be he escape: for there is undoubtedly in that place a certain power of God. 2 Maccabees 3:39 For he that hath his dwelling in the heavens, is the visitor and protector of that place, and he striketh and destroyeth them that come to do evil to it. Context 2 Maccabees 3…36And he testified to all men the works of the great God, which he had seen with his own eyes. 37And when the king asked Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet once more to Jerusalem, he said: 38If thou hast any enemy, or traitor to thy king dom, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him again scourged, if so be he escape: for there is undoubtedly in that place a certain power of God.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 3:35 So Heliodorus, after he had offered a sacrifice to God, and made great vows to him, that had granted him life, and given thanks to Onias, taking his troops with him, returned to the king. 2 Maccabees 3:36 And he testified to all men the works of the great God, which he had seen with his own eyes. 2 Maccabees 3:38 If thou hast any enemy, or traitor to thy king dom, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him again scourged, if so be he escape: for there is undoubtedly in that place a certain power of God. 2 Maccabees 3:39 For he that hath his dwelling in the heavens, is the visitor and protector of that place, and he striketh and destroyeth them that come to do evil to it. |
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