“So then, because there were various high priests under different kings, we have judged it necessary, according to the account of the historians, to list the names of those who held the high priesthood in the times of the kings, and also of those who were in the nation of Judea after the captivity of Babylon, so that t…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on 2 Maccabees
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1Now when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness,
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— 2 Maccabees 3:1 —
2It came to pass that even the kings themselves did honour the place, and magnify the temple with their best gifts;
3Insomuch that Seleucus of Asia of his own revenues bare all the costs belonging to the service of the sacrifices.