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29 While he lay prostrate, without the power of speech because of the divine intervention and bereft of any hope of deliverance, 30 the Jews praised the Lord for his miraculous glorification of his holy place. And the temple, which a short time before had been filled with terror and commotion, was now overflowing with joy and gladness at the manifestation of the Lord Almighty.

31 Some of the companions of Heliodorus quickly pleaded with Onias to entreat the Most High to spare the life of the man who was now breathing his last.

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