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When the event became known and the king of the Persians was told that, in the very place where the exiled priests had hidden the fire, a liquid was found with which Nehemiah and his people had burned the sacrifices, (2 Maccabees 1, 33)
the king, after verifying the fact, fenced the place off and declared it sacred. (2 Maccabees 1, 34)
To those on whom the king wished to bestow favors he distributed the large revenues he received there. (2 Maccabees 1, 35)
Besides these things, it is also told in the records and in Nehemiah's Memoirs how he collected the books about the kings, the writings of the prophets and of David, and the royal letters about sacred offerings. (2 Maccabees 2, 13)
Thus Seleucus, king of Asia, defrayed from his own revenues all the expenses necessary for the sacrificial services. (2 Maccabees 3, 3)
and reported to him that the treasury in Jerusalem was so full of untold riches that the total sum of money was incalculable and out of all proportion to the cost of the sacrifices, and that it would be possible to bring it all under the control of the king. (2 Maccabees 3, 6)
When Apollonius had an audience with the king, he informed him about the riches that had been reported to him. The king chose his minister Heliodorus and sent him with instructions to expropriate the aforesaid wealth. (2 Maccabees 3, 7)
So Heliodorus immediately set out on his journey, ostensibly to visit the cities of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, but in reality to carry out the king's purpose. (2 Maccabees 3, 8)
But because of the orders he had from the king, Heliodorus said that in any case the money must be confiscated for the royal treasury. (2 Maccabees 3, 13)
Fearing that the king might think that Heliodorus had suffered some foul play at the hands of the Jews, the high priest offered a sacrifice for the man's recovery. (2 Maccabees 3, 32)
After Heliodorus had offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made most solemn vows to him who had spared his life, he bade Onias farewell, and returned with his soldiers to the king. (2 Maccabees 3, 35)
When the king asked Heliodorus who would be a suitable man to be sent to Jerusalem next, he answered: (2 Maccabees 3, 37)
