2 Maccabees 3:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

3 Therefore when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws as yet were very well kept, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and the hatred his soul had of evil,

² It came to pass that even the kings themselves, and the princes esteemed the place worthy of the highest honour, and glorified the temple with very great gifts:

³ So that Seleucus king of Asia allowed out of his revenues all the charges belonging to the ministry of the sacrifices.