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it came about that the kings themselves honored the place and glorified the temple with the finest presents, (2 Maccabees 3, 2)
But a man named Simon, of the tribe of Benjamin, who had been made captain of the temple, had a disagreement with the high priest about the administration of the city market; (2 Maccabees 3, 4)
He reported to him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of untold sums of money, so that the amount of the funds could not be reckoned, and that they did not belong to the account of the sacrifices, but that it was possible for them to fall under the control of the king. (2 Maccabees 3, 6)
And he said that it was utterly impossible that wrong should be done to those people who had trusted in the holiness of the place and in the sanctity and inviolability of the temple which is honored throughout the whole world. (2 Maccabees 3, 12)
But Heliodorus, because of the king's commands which he had, said that this money must in any case be confiscated for the king's treasury. (2 Maccabees 3, 13)
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. (2 Maccabees 3, 24)
and carried him away, this man who had just entered the aforesaid treasury with a great retinue and all his bodyguard but was now unable to help himself; and they recognized clearly the sovereign power of God. (2 Maccabees 3, 28)
they praised the Lord who had acted marvelously for his own place. And the temple, which a little while before was full of fear and disturbance, was filled with joy and gladness, now that the Almighty Lord had appeared. (2 Maccabees 3, 30)
This was the outcome of the episode of Heliodorus and the protection of the treasury. (2 Maccabees 3, 40)
But Menelaus, thinking he had obtained a suitable opportunity, stole some of the gold vessels of the temple and gave them to Andronicus; other vessels, as it happened, he had sold to Tyre and the neighboring cities. (2 Maccabees 4, 32)
As a result, they wounded many of them, and killed some, and put them all to flight; and the temple robber himself they killed close by the treasury. (2 Maccabees 4, 42)
Not content with this, Antiochus dared to enter the most holy temple in all the world, guided by Menelaus, who had become a traitor both to the laws and to his country. (2 Maccabees 5, 15)
