2 Maccabees 4:30-32
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Murder of Onias. 30 While these things were taking place, the people of Tarsus and Mallus[a] rose in revolt, because their cities had been given as a gift to Antiochis, the king’s concubine. 31 So the king hastened off to settle the affair, leaving Andronicus, one of his nobles, as his deputy. 32 Menelaus, for his part, thinking this a good opportunity, stole some gold vessels from the temple and presented them to Andronicus; he had already sold other vessels in Tyre and in the neighboring cities.
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