2 Maccabees 3:9-11
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
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. 10 The high priest explained that there were some deposits belonging to widows and orphans, 11 and also some money of Hyrca′nus, son of Tobi′as, a man of very prominent position, and that it totaled in all four hundred talents of silver and two hundred of gold. To such an extent the impious Simon had misrepresented the facts.
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- 2 Maccabees 3:9 Some authorities read and
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