2 Maccabees 3:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ Since he wasn’t able to overcome Onias, he went to Thraseas’ son Apollonius, who was governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia at that time. 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.