Wisdom of Solomon 18:3
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3 Therefore you provided a flaming pillar of fire
as a guide for your people’s[a] unknown journey
and a harmless sun for their glorious wandering.(A)
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Wisdom of Solomon 18:15
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15 your all-powerful word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne,
into the midst of the land that was doomed,
a stern warrior(A)
Wisdom of Solomon 18:17
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17 Then at once apparitions in dreadful dreams greatly troubled them,
and unexpected fears assailed them,(A)
2 Maccabees 3:24-26
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24 But when he arrived at the treasury with his bodyguard, then and there the Sovereign of spirits and of all authority caused so great a manifestation that all who had been so bold as to accompany him were astounded by the power of God and became faint with terror.(A) 25 For there appeared to them a magnificently adorned horse, with a rider of frightening appearance; it rushed furiously at Heliodorus and struck at him with its front hoofs. Its rider was seen to have armor and weapons of gold.(B) 26 Two young men also appeared to him, remarkably strong, gloriously beautiful and splendidly dressed, who stood on either side of him and flogged him continuously, inflicting many blows on him.(C)
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2 Maccabees 10:29
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29 When the battle became fierce, there appeared to the enemy from heaven five resplendent men on horses with golden bridles, and they were leading the Jews.(A)
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