4 Maccabees 4:9
Source: Septuagint
9And the priests, with the women and children, having supplicated God to throw his shield over the holy, despised place,
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7And the nation, indignant at this proclamation, and replying to the effect that it was extremely unfair that those who had committed deposits to the sacred treasury should be deprived of them, resisted as well as they could.
8But Apollonius went away with threats into the temple.
— 4 Maccabees 4:9 —
10and Apollonius going up with his armed force to the seizure of the treasure—there appeared from heaven angels riding on horseback, all radiant in armor, filling them with much fear and trembling.
11And Apollonius fell down half dead upon the court which is open to all nations, and extended his hands to heaven, and implored the Hebrews, with tears, to pray for him, and propitiate the heavenly host.