2 Maccabees 3:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² It came to pass that even the kings themselves, and the princes esteemed the place worthy of the highest honour, and glorified the temple with very great gifts:

³ So that Seleucus king of Asia allowed out of his revenues all the charges belonging to the ministry of the sacrifices.

⁴ But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, who was appointed overseer of the temple, strove in opposition to the high priest, to bring about some unjust thing in the city.