Good News Translation
King Antiochus had gone to the temple with some of his most trusted advisers, so that he might marry the goddess and then take away most of the temple treasures as a wedding gift.

New Revised Standard Version
On the pretext of intending to marry her, Antiochus came to the place together with his Friends, to secure most of its treasures as a dowry.

New American Bible
On the pretext of marrying the goddess, Antiochus with his Friends had come to the place to get its great treasures as a dowry.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry.

For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry.

2 Maccabees 1:12
For he made numbers of men swarm out of Persia, that have fought against us, and the holy city.

2 Maccabees 1:13
For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very great army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea.

2 Maccabees 1:15
And when the priests of Nanea had set it forth, and he with a small company had entered into the compass of the temple, they shut the temple,

2 Maccabees 1:16
When Antiochus was come in: and opening a secret entrance of the temple, they cast stones and slew the leader, and them that were with him, and hewed them in pieces; and cutting off their heads, they threw them forth.