Heliodorus went on with what had been decided: Good News Bible has a good model here, but we may also say “Heliodorus continued doing what he had planned to do.”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2011. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.