2 Maccabees 3:6-8

Common English Bible

⁶ Simon told him that the treasury in Jerusalem was filled with untold riches and that it was full of uncounted cash, which didn’t belong to the accounts for the sacrifices, but potentially fell under the king’s authority. ⁷ Apollonius met with the king and told him about the funds.

The king chose his chief administrator Heliodorus and sent him with orders to confiscate the funds in question. ⁸ Heliodorus immediately made the journey, supposedly to inspect the cities of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia but actually to put the king’s plan into effect.