2 Maccabees 5:15

15 Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple in all the world, Menelaus, that traitor to the laws and to his own country, being his guide.

2 Maccabees 5:15 In-Context

13 Thus there was killing of young and old, making away with men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants.

14 And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict, and no fewer sold than slain.

15 Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple in all the world, Menelaus, that traitor to the laws and to his own country, being his guide.

16 And taking the holy vessels with polluted hands, and with profane hands pulling down the things that were dedicated by other kings for the augmentation and glory and honor of the place, he gave them away.

17 And so haughty was Antiochus in mind, that he considered not that the Lord was angry for a while for the sins of those who dwelt in the city, and therefore His eye was not upon the place.