2 Maccabees 11:3

3 The Temple would be taxed, as were all Gentile places of worship, and the office of High Priest would be up for sale each year.

2 Maccabees 11:3 In-Context

1 Not long after Timothy was defeated, Lysias, the King's guardian and relative, and head of the government, heard what had happened. He became angry

2 and led 80,000 infantry and all his cavalry against the Jews with the intention of turning Jerusalem into a Greek city.

3 The Temple would be taxed, as were all Gentile places of worship, and the office of High Priest would be up for sale each year.

4 Lysias was so pleased with his tens of thousands of infantry, his thousands of cavalry, and his eighty elephants that he failed to take into account the power of God.

5 He invaded Judea and attacked the fort of Bethzur, about twenty miles south of Jerusalem.