2 Maccabees 11:3
Good News Translation
The Temple would be taxed, as were all Gentile places of worship, and the office of High Priest would be up for sale each year.

New Revised Standard Version
and to levy tribute on the temple as he did on the sacred places of the other nations, and to put up the high priesthood for sale every year.

Contemporary English Version
and to tax the temple, as he had done to the temples in other nations. He also wanted to sell the position of high priest to the highest bidder each year.

New American Bible
to levy tribute on the temple, as he did on the shrines of the other nations; and to put the high priesthood up for sale every year.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Context
2 Maccabees 11
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.…
Cross References
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.



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