176 BC · AM 3828 · Intertestamental
Heliodorus attempts to seize the temple treasury
Seleucus IV sent Heliodorus to take Jerusalem's temple treasury. The attempt failed, but it exposed how closely royal power was beginning to press upon the temple and its leadership.
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This event is preserved in 2 Maccabees 3. BibleTimescape uses that book here as a historical source, not as part of Scripture. About canon labels →
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