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:

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:

2 Maccabees 11:1
A 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,

2 Maccabees 11:2
Gathered 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:

2 Maccabees 11:4
Never 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.

2 Maccabees 11:5
So 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.