2 Maccabees 3:4-6
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4 But a certain Simon, of the priestly clan of Bilgah,[a] who had been appointed superintendent of the temple, had a quarrel with the high priest about the administration of the city market.(A) 5 Since he could not prevail against Onias, he went to Apollonius of Tarsus, who at that time was governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, 6 and reported to him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of such untold riches that the sum total of the assets was past counting and that since they did not belong to the account of the sacrifices, it would be possible for them to fall under the authority of the king.
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- 3:4 Bilgah: a priestly family mentioned in 1 Chr 24:14; Neh 12:5, 18.
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