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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)
It is God who has saved all his people and has restored to all of them their heritage, the kingdom, the priesthood, and the sacred rites, (2 Maccabees 2, 17)
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)
The high priest explained that part of the money was a care fund for widows and orphans, (2 Maccabees 3, 10)
He added that it was utterly unthinkable to defraud those who had placed their trust in the sanctity of the Place and in the sacred inviolability of a temple venerated all over the world. (2 Maccabees 3, 12)
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)
the vile Jason sent envoys as representatives of the Antiochians of Jerusalem, to bring there three hundred silver drachmas for the sacrifice to Hercules. But the bearers themselves decided that the money should not be spent on a sacrifice, as that was not right, but should be used for some other purpose. (2 Maccabees 4, 19)
Three years later Jason sent Menelaus, brother of the aforementioned Simon, to deliver the money to the king, and to obtain decisions on some important matters. (2 Maccabees 4, 23)
Although Menelaus had obtained the office, he did not make any payments of the money he had promised to the king, (2 Maccabees 4, 27)
But Menelaus, seeing himself on the losing side, promised Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes, a substantial sum of money if he would win the king over. (2 Maccabees 4, 45)
Thus, those who had prosecuted the case for the city, for the people, and for the sacred vessels, quickly suffered unjust punishment. (2 Maccabees 4, 48)
He laid his impure hands on the sacred vessels and gathered up with profane hands the votive offerings made by other kings for the advancement, the glory, and the honor of the Place. (2 Maccabees 5, 16)
