2 Maccabees 3:25-27

Good News Translation

²⁵ In the vision they saw a horse and a rider. The horse had a richly decorated bridle, and its rider, dressed in gold armor, was frightening. Suddenly the horse rushed at Heliodorus, then reared up and struck at him with its hoofs. ²⁶ Heliodorus also saw two unusually strong and handsome young men, wearing very fine clothes. They stood on either side of him and beat him unmercifully. ²⁷ He immediately fell to the ground unconscious, and his men put him on a stretcher