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2 Maccabees 3:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" so that even King Seleucus of Asia bore all the costs belonging to the services of the sacrifices out of his own revenues. "

2 Maccabees 3:3

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1 When the holy city was inhabited with unbroken peace and the laws were kept very well because of the godliness of Onias the high priest and his hatred of wickedness,

2 it came to pass that even the kings themselves honored the place and glorified the temple with the noblest presents,

3 so that even King Seleucus of Asia bore all the costs belonging to the services of the sacrifices out of his own revenues.

4 But a man named Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, having been made guardian of the temple, disagreed with the high priest about the ruling of the market in the city.

5 When he couldn’t overcome Onias, he went to Apollonius of Tarsus, who at that time was governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia.

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2 Maccabees 3:1

"When the holy city was inhabited with unbroken peace and the laws were kept very well because of the godliness of Onias the high priest and his hatred of wickedness,"

2 Maccabees 3:2

"it came to pass that even the kings themselves honored the place and glorified the temple with the noblest presents,"

2 Maccabees 3:4

"But a man named Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, having been made guardian of the temple, disagreed with the high priest about the ruling of the market in the city."

2 Maccabees 3:5

"When he couldn’t overcome Onias, he went to Apollonius of Tarsus, who at that time was governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia."

2 Maccabees 3:6

"He brought him word how that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of untold sums of money, so that the multitude of the funds was innumerable, and that they didn’t pertain to the account of the sacrifices, but that it was possible that these should fall under the king’s power."

2 Maccabees 3:7

"When Apollonius met the king, he informed him of the money about which he had been told. So the king appointed Heliodorus, who was his chancellor, and sent him with a command to accomplish the removal of the reported money."

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