2 Maccabees 3:11-13

Common English Bible

¹¹ and also some deposits of Hyrcanus the Tobiad, an exceedingly prominent man. He also said that there were only 22,800 pounds of silver and 11,400 pounds of gold, and that the ungodly Simon had given a false report. ¹² It was wholly unthinkable, he added, to commit such an injustice against those who trusted in the holiness of the place and in the dignity and sacredness of the temple that is honored throughout the whole world. ¹³ But Heliodorus, because of the royal commands, was firm that in any case the king could take these funds.