2 Maccabees 3:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² the kings themselves honored the holy place and enhanced the glory of the temple with the most magnificent gifts, ³ even to the extent that Seleucus,^[a] the king of Asia, defrayed from his own revenues all the expenses required for sacrificial services. ⁴ However, a man named Simon, of the priestly line of Bilgah, who had been appointed administrator of the temple, became involved in a dispute with the high priest about the regulation of the city market.