that he should fetch the treasure by spoliation.
He came then with a host, and would obtahi the treasure;
and the priest Onias said that it was
the livelihood of widows and of needy men,
the almsgivings of good men, to the praise of the Almighty.
And the priests fell before the altar
praying the Almighty God, that he would help his servants.
Heliodorus then intended to take the treasures,
but there was seen a manifest wonder of God,
so that his comrades fell down without strength,
and overcome with fright, suddenly, through God's power.
And there came riding a terrible rider,
and with him journied two shining angels,
with wonderful appearance, as he was himself adorned.
And the heavenly horse, that the archangel sat on,
soon threw down the venturous Heliodorus,
and the two angels tartly [i. e. severely] beat him,
standing on both sides of him, till he lay still,
without hope of his life; he, who before, with threatening
and with much splendour, pressed into the temple.
He lay then dumb, as beaten unto death,
and his friends then prayed the aforesaid Onias,
that he would intercede for his life with the living God,
in the danger that he was fallen into.
Onias then went, and offered for him sacrifice,
before Almiglity God, in the ancient manner,
and prayed that He would compassionate the man's folly.
And the angels meanwhile addressed Heliodorus,
said that he ought the priest Onias
