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Apollonius met the king and told him about the wealth that had been disclosed to him; whereupon the king selected Heliodorus, his chancellor, and sent him with instructions to effect the removal of the reported wealth. (2 Maccabees 3, 7)
Heliodorus lost no time in setting out, ostensibly to inspect the towns of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, but in fact to accomplish the king's purpose. (2 Maccabees 3, 8)
On his arrival in Jerusalem, and after a hospitable reception from the high priest and the city, he announced what had been disclosed, thus revealing the reason for his presence, and asked if this was indeed the true situation. (2 Maccabees 3, 9)
The high priest explained that there were funds set aside for widows and orphans, (2 Maccabees 3, 10)
He also added that it was entirely out of the question that an injustice should be done to those who had put their trust in the sanctity of the place and in the inviolable majesty of a Temple venerated throughout the entire world. (2 Maccabees 3, 12)
But Heliodorus, because of his instructions from the king, peremptorily insisted that the funds must be confiscated for the royal exchequer. (2 Maccabees 3, 13)
Fixing a day for the purpose, he went in to draw up an inventory of the funds. There was no little consternation throughout the city; (2 Maccabees 3, 14)
the priests in their sacred vestments prostrated themselves before the altar and prayed to Heaven, to the Author of the law governing deposits, to preserve these funds intact for the depositors. (2 Maccabees 3, 15)
Women thronged the streets swathed in sackcloth below their breasts; girls secluded indoors came running, some to the doorways, some to the city walls, while others leaned out of the windows, (2 Maccabees 3, 19)
It was pitiful to see the people crowding together to prostrate themselves, and the foreboding of the high priest in his deep anguish. (2 Maccabees 3, 21)
While they were calling on the all-powerful Lord to preserve the deposits intact for the depositors, in full security, (2 Maccabees 3, 22)
Heliodorus set about his appointed task. (2 Maccabees 3, 23)
