2 Maccabees 3:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ At this time Apollonius son of Thraseus was the governor of Greater Syria. Simon went to him ⁶ and said that there was so much money in the Temple treasury that it could not be counted, and since the money was not needed for sacrifices, it might as well be placed under the king's control.

Heliodorus Is Sent to Jerusalem

⁷ When Apollonius met with the king, he told him about the money, and the king ordered Heliodorus, his chief minister, to get it for him.