2 Maccabees 11:3-5

Common English Bible

³ to make the temple subject to tribute like the sacred sites of other nations, and to put the high priesthood on sale every year. ⁴ He gave no thought whatsoever to the power of God but was inflated by his tens of thousands of foot soldiers, his thousands of cavalry, and his eighty elephants. ⁵ He entered Judea, drew near to Beth-zur (a strongly fortified town about a half mile^[a] from Jerusalem), and attacked it.