2 Maccabees 3:1-3

Good News Translation

The Argument between Onias and Simon

3 When Onias^[a] was High Priest in Jerusalem, the holy city enjoyed peace and prosperity, and its laws were strictly obeyed, because he was devout and hated evil. ²The kings of Syria and Egypt honored the Temple and presented it with expensive gifts, ³and King Seleucus,^[b] ruler of all Asia, even used to pay the costs of the Temple sacrifices from the revenues he collected.

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Footnotes

2 Maccabees 3:1 onias: This is Onias the Third, son of Simon the Second (see 4.4-6; Si 50.1-21).
2 Maccabees 3:3 seleucus: This is Seleucus the Fourth, known as Philopator, son of Antiochus the Third, 187–175 B.C.