Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The God of heaven watches over the Temple; he strikes down and destroys anyone who comes to harm it." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. 2 Maccabees 3:37And when the king asked Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet once more to Jerusalem, he said: 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 3:40 And the things concerning Heliodorus, and the keeping of the treasury, fell out in this manner. 2 Maccabees 4:1 But Simon, of whom we spoke before, who was the betrayer of the money, and of his country, spoke ill of Onias, as though he had incited Heliodorus to do these things, and had been the promoter of evils: Context 2 Maccabees 3…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. 39For 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. 40And the things concerning Heliodorus, and the keeping of the treasury, fell out in this manner.… Cross References 2 Maccabees 3:37 And when the king asked Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet once more to Jerusalem, he said: 2 Maccabees 3:38 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 3:40 And the things concerning Heliodorus, and the keeping of the treasury, fell out in this manner. 2 Maccabees 4:1 But Simon, of whom we spoke before, who was the betrayer of the money, and of his country, spoke ill of Onias, as though he had incited Heliodorus to do these things, and had been the promoter of evils: |