2 Maccabees 3:35-37

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

The Conversion of Heliodorus

³⁵ Then Heliodor′us offered sacrifice to the Lord and made very great vows to the Savior of his life, and having bidden Oni′as farewell, he marched off with his forces to the king. ³⁶ And he bore testimony to all men of the deeds of the supreme God, which he had seen with his own eyes. ³⁷ When the king asked Heliodor′us what sort of person would be suitable to send on another mission to Jerusalem, he replied,