2 Maccabees 3:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ and said that there was so much money in the Temple treasury that it could not be counted, and since the money was not needed for sacrifices, it might as well be placed under the king's control.

Heliodorus Is Sent to Jerusalem

⁷ When Apollonius met with the king, he told him about the money, and the king ordered Heliodorus, his chief minister, to get it for him. ⁸ Heliodorus set out at once on his mission, but he claimed that he was only making a tour of inspection of the cities of Greater Syria.