2 Maccabees 3:4
Good News Translation
But a man by the name of Simon, of the tribe of Bilgah, the chief administrative official of the Temple, lost an argument he had with Onias over the regulations governing the city market.

New Revised Standard Version
But a man named Simon, of the tribe of Benjamin, who had been made captain of the temple, had a disagreement with the high priest about the administration of the city market.

Contemporary English Version
While Onias was still high priest, a man named Simon from the Benjamin tribe was a high official in the temple. And one day he started arguing with Onias about how to run the Jerusalem marketplace.

New American Bible
But a certain Simon, of the priestly clan of Bilgah, who had been appointed superintendent of the temple, had a quarrel with the high priest about the administration of the city market.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But one Simon, of the tribe of Benjamin, who was appointed overseer of the temple, strove in opposition to the high priest, to bring about some unjust thing in the city.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But one Simon, of the tribe of Benjamin, who was appointed overseer of the temple, strove in opposition to the high priest, to bring about some unjust thing in the city.

2 Maccabees 3:2
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:

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

2 Maccabees 3:5
And when he could not overcome Onias, he went to Apollonius, the son of Tharseas, who at that time was governor of Celesyria, and Phenicia:

2 Maccabees 3:6
And told him, that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of immense sums of money, and the common store was infinite, which did not belong to the account of the sacrifices: and that it was possible to bring all into the king's hands.

Context
2 Maccabees 3
3So that Seleucus, king of Asia, allowed out of his revenues all the charges belonging to the ministry of the sacrifices. 4But one Simon, of the tribe of Benjamin, who was appointed overseer of the temple, strove in opposition to the high priest, to bring about some unjust thing in the city. 5And when he could not overcome Onias, he went to Apollonius, the son of Tharseas, who at that time was governor of Celesyria, and Phenicia:…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 3:2
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:

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

2 Maccabees 3:5
And when he could not overcome Onias, he went to Apollonius, the son of Tharseas, who at that time was governor of Celesyria, and Phenicia:

2 Maccabees 3:6
And told him, that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of immense sums of money, and the common store was infinite, which did not belong to the account of the sacrifices: and that it was possible to bring all into the king's hands.



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2 Maccabees 3:3
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