2 Maccabees 3:8-10

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⁸ Heliodorus at once set out on his journey, ostensibly to make a tour of inspection of the cities of Coelesyria and Phoenicia but in fact to carry out the king’s purpose.^(A)

⁹ When he had arrived at Jerusalem and had been kindly welcomed by the high priest of^[a] the city, he told about the disclosure that had been made and stated why he had come, and he inquired whether this really was the situation.^{(B) 10} The high priest explained that there were some deposits belonging to widows and orphans^(C)