2 Maccabees 11:3-5

Good News Translation

³ 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. ⁴ Lysias was so pleased with his tens of thousands of infantry, his thousands of cavalry, and his eighty elephants that he failed to take into account the power of God. ⁵ He invaded Judea and attacked the fort of Bethzur, about twenty miles south of Jerusalem.