2 Maccabees 11:3LXX
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"And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other temples of the Gentiles, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year:"
En contexte
1A short time after this Lysias the king’s lieutenant, and cousin, and who had chief charge over all the affairs, being greatly displeased with what had happened,
2Gathered together fourscore thousand men, and all the horsemen, and came against the Jews, thinking to take the city, and make it a habitation of the Gentiles:
3And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other temples of the Gentiles, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year:
4Never considering the power of God, but puffed up in mind, and trusting in the multitude of his foot soldiers, and the thousands of his horsemen, and his fourscore elephants.
5So he came into Judea, and approaching to Bethsura, which was in a narrow place, the space of five furlongs from Jerusalem, he laid siege to that fortress.