2 Maccabees 5:19-21

Common English Bible

¹⁹ But the Lord didn’t choose the nation because of the place, but the place because of the nation. ²⁰ So the temple^[a] also shared the misfortunes of the nation, but afterward it also shared in its good fortunes. That which the almighty abandoned in his wrath would again be restored with all glory when the nation was reconciled to the great Lord.

²¹ Antiochus carried away 102,600 pounds of silver from the temple and hurried back to Antioch, imagining in his pride and arrogance that it was possible to sail across the land and march across the sea.