2 Maccabees 3:12-14

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¹² And he said^[a] that it was utterly impossible that wrong should be done to those people who had trusted in the holiness of the place and in the sanctity and inviolability of the temple that is honored throughout the whole world.^(A)

Heliodorus Plans to Rob the Temple

¹³ But Heliodorus,^[b] because of the orders he had from the king, said that this money must in any case be confiscated for the king’s treasury.^{(B) 14} So he set a day and went in to direct the inspection of these funds.

There was no little distress throughout the whole city.