2 Maccabees 3:20-22

Good News Translation

²⁰ But wherever they went, they lifted their hands to God in prayer. ²¹ What a pitiful sight it was to see the High Priest in such great agony and frustration and to see everyone in the city confused and lying face down on the ground.

The Lord Protects His Temple

²² While everyone was begging the Lord Almighty to protect the money that had been entrusted to his care,