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At once all the Israelites without law or religion came to him. They were led by Alcimus, a man who sought the office of chief priest for himself. (1 Maccabees 7, 5)
He confirmed Jonathan's office as high priest with all the privileges he already had. And he numbered him among his first Friends. (1 Maccabees 11, 27)
Then the young Antiochus sent Jonathan this letter: "I confirm your office as High Priest and make you governor of four districts, and I include you among the Friends of the King." (1 Maccabees 11, 57)
And for this, King Demetrius confirmed him in his office as High Priest, (1 Maccabees 14, 38)
And Simon accepted and agreed to assume the office of High Priest and to be the general and leader of the Jews and of the priests, and to preside over all. (1 Maccabees 14, 47)
When King Seleucus died, his son Antiochus who was called Epiphanes, succeeded to the throne. Then, Jason, the brother of Onias the High Priest, usurped the office of high priest. (2 Maccabees 4, 7)
Menelaus presented himself to the king whom he impressed by his personal bearing as a man of authority, and so obtained the office of high priest for himself, offering three hundred talents more than Jason. (2 Maccabees 4, 24)
Jason, who had usurped the office of his brother, was now supplanted by another, and had to flee to the land of Ammon. (2 Maccabees 4, 26)
Menelaus held the office but did not pay the amount he promised to the king, (2 Maccabees 4, 27)
He became angry with Andronicus and immediately removed him from office. Then he ordered that Andronicus be divested of his purple robe, tore his garments off him, and led him all around the city up to the place where Andronicus had murdered Onias, and right there the king ordered that he be put to death - God dealing out to him the punishment he deserved. (2 Maccabees 4, 38)
But the Friends of King Eupator made use of this to accuse him before the king. They continually called him a traitor, reminding him that he had once abandoned the land of Cyprus, which had been entrusted to him by Philometor, in order to go over to Antiochus Epiphanes. Since he could not discharge his high office with dignity, he was driven to despair and committed suicide by poisoning himself. (2 Maccabees 10, 13)
to convert the Temple into a source of revenue, as they had done with other sanctuaries of the pagans, and to put the office of high priest up for sale every year. (2 Maccabees 11, 3)
