2 Maccabees 3:3-5
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3 Thus Seleucus,[a] king of Asia, defrayed from his own revenues all the expenses necessary for the liturgy of sacrifice.
4 But a certain Simon, of the priestly clan of Bilgah,[b] who had been appointed superintendent of the temple, had a quarrel with the high priest about the administration of the city market.(A) 5 Since he could not prevail against Onias, he went to Apollonius of Tarsus, who at that time was governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia,
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- 3:3 Seleucus: Seleucus IV Philopator, who reigned from 187 to 175 B.C.
- 3:4 Bilgah: a priestly family mentioned in 1 Chr 24:14; Neh 12:5, 18.
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