2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 3:13

ὁ δὲ Ἡλιόδωρος, δι’ ἃς εἶχεν βασιλικὰς ἐντολάς, πάντως ἔλεγεν εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν ἀναλημπτέα ταῦτα εἶναι.
King James Version (KJV)

But Heliodorus, because of the king's commandment given him, said, That in any wise it must be brought into the king's treasury.

Modern English

But Heliodorus, bound by the king's orders, insisted that the money must be confiscated for the royal treasury.

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