1 Maccabees 10:42-44

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴² Moreover, the five thousand shekels of silver which my officials^[a] have received every year from the income of the services of the temple, this too is canceled, because it belongs to the priests who minister there. ⁴³ And whoever takes refuge at the temple in Jerusalem, or in any of its precincts, because he owes money to the king or has any debt, let him be released and receive back all his property in my kingdom.

⁴⁴ “Let the cost of rebuilding and restoring the structures of the sanctuary be paid from the revenues of the king.