2 Maccabees 4:32
Good News Translation
Menelaus took advantage of this opportunity and presented Andronicus with some of the gold objects he had removed from the Temple in Jerusalem. He had already sold some of them to the city of Tyre and to other nearby cities.

New Revised Standard Version
But Menelaus, thinking he had obtained a suitable opportunity, stole some of the gold vessels of the temple and gave them to Andronicus; other vessels, as it happened, he had sold to Tyre and the neighboring cities.

Contemporary English Version
Menelaus now saw his chance to steal some gold dishes from the temple, and he did it. Then he gave the dishes to Andronicus. Earlier, he had also taken gold dishes from the temple and sold them to the people of Tyre and of other nearby cities.

New American Bible
Menelaus, for his part, thinking this a good opportunity, stole some gold vessels from the temple and presented them to Andronicus; he had already sold other vessels in Tyre and in the neighboring cities.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Menelaus supposing that he had found a convenient time, having stolen certain vessels of gold out of the temple, gave them to Andronicus, and others he had sold at Tyre, and in the neighbouring cities:

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Then Menelaus supposing that he had found a convenient time, having stolen certain vessels of gold out of the temple, gave them to Andronicus, and others he had sold at Tyre, and in the neighbouring cities:

2 Maccabees 4:30
When these things were in doing, it fell out that they of Tharsus, and Mallos, raised a sedition, because they were given for a gift to Antiochus, the king's concubine.

2 Maccabees 4:31
The king, therefore, went in all haste to appease them, leaving Andronicus, one of his nobles, for his deputy.

2 Maccabees 4:33
Which when Onias understood most certainly, he reproved him, keeping himself in a safe place at Antioch, beside Daphne.

2 Maccabees 4:34
Whereupon Menelaus coming to Andronicus, desired him to kill Onias. And he went to Onias, and gave him his right hand with an oath, and (though he were suspected by him) persuaded him to come forth out of the sanctuary, and immediately slew him, without any regard to justice.

Context
2 Maccabees 4
31The king, therefore, went in all haste to appease them, leaving Andronicus, one of his nobles, for his deputy. 32Then Menelaus supposing that he had found a convenient time, having stolen certain vessels of gold out of the temple, gave them to Andronicus, and others he had sold at Tyre, and in the neighbouring cities: 33Which when Onias understood most certainly, he reproved him, keeping himself in a safe place at Antioch, beside Daphne.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 4:30
When these things were in doing, it fell out that they of Tharsus, and Mallos, raised a sedition, because they were given for a gift to Antiochus, the king's concubine.

2 Maccabees 4:31
The king, therefore, went in all haste to appease them, leaving Andronicus, one of his nobles, for his deputy.

2 Maccabees 4:33
Which when Onias understood most certainly, he reproved him, keeping himself in a safe place at Antioch, beside Daphne.

2 Maccabees 4:34
Whereupon Menelaus coming to Andronicus, desired him to kill Onias. And he went to Onias, and gave him his right hand with an oath, and (though he were suspected by him) persuaded him to come forth out of the sanctuary, and immediately slew him, without any regard to justice.



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2 Maccabees 4:31
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