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But the aforementioned Simon, who was a betrayer of the money and of his nation, spoke evil about Onias, as if he had instigated Heliodorus to do these things and as if he had been the inciter of evils. (2 Maccabees 4, 1)
And, after three years, Jason sent Menelaus, the brother of the above mentioned Simon, carrying money to the king, and bearing responses about essential matters. (2 Maccabees 4, 23)
Then Menelaus, indeed, obtained the principality, but truly, concerning the money that he had promised to the king, nothing was done. Although Sostratus, who was first over the stronghold, attempted to collect it, (2 Maccabees 4, 27)
But when Menelaus was overcome, he promised to give much money to Ptolemy to persuade the king. (2 Maccabees 4, 45)
Therefore, those who brought the case on behalf of the city, and the people, and the sacred vessels were quickly given an unjust punishment. (2 Maccabees 4, 48)
For the temple was full of the luxuries and carousings of the Gentiles, and of consorting with promiscuous women. And the women hurried themselves unreservedly into the sacred buildings, bringing in things that were not lawful. (2 Maccabees 6, 4)
But he began to consider the eminent dignity of his stage of life and old age, and the natural honor of gray hair, as well as his exemplary words and deeds from childhood. And he responded quickly, according also to the ordinances of the sacred law preserved by God, saying, that he would first be sent to the underworld. (2 Maccabees 6, 23)
In fact, they took away the money from those who came to buy them, and they pursued them everywhere. (2 Maccabees 8, 25)
And when they celebrated the song of victory at Jerusalem, they burned him who had set fire to the sacred doors, that is, Callisthenes, when he had taken refuge in a certain house, repaying him a worthy reward for his impieties. (2 Maccabees 8, 33)
In truth, those who were with Simon, being led by avarice, were persuaded by money from certain ones who were in the towers. And accepting seventy thousand didrachmas, they allowed certain ones to flee. (2 Maccabees 10, 20)
But when what was done had been reported to Maccabeus, gathering together the leaders of the people, he accused those who had sold their brothers for money, having sent away their adversaries. (2 Maccabees 10, 21)
in truth, also thinking to make a profit in money from the temple, just as from the other shrines of the Gentiles, and to put the priesthood up for sale every year. (2 Maccabees 11, 3)