2 Maccabees 3:11

⁹And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had been courteously received of the high priest of the city, he told him what intelligence was given of the money, and declared wherefore he came, and asked if these things were so indeed.

¹⁰Then the high priest told him that there was such money laid up for the relief of widows and fatherless children:

— 2 Maccabees 3:11 —

¹²and that it was altogether impossible that such wrongs should be done unto them, that had committed it to the holiness of the place, and to the majesty and inviolable sanctity of the temple, honored over all the world.

¹³But Heliodorus, because of the king’s commandment given him, said, That in anywise it must be brought into the king’s treasury.