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was he not the son-in-law of a high priest?✻ (1 Maccabees 16, 12)
you may read in the annals of his time, that were kept faithfully since the day when he succeeded his father as high priest. (1 Maccabees 16, 24)
Time was, the holy city was a home of content; ever the laws of it were well kept; such a high priest they had, Onias, a devout man, and one that hated evil. (2 Maccabees 3, 1)
Yet one citizen there was, Simon the Benjamite, the temple governor, that had lawless schemes afoot, do the high priest what he would to gainsay him. (2 Maccabees 3, 4)
And when he reached Jerusalem, and there received a gracious welcome from the high priest, he made no secret of the information he possessed, or of his errand, and he would know the truth about these moneys. (2 Maccabees 3, 9)
A plain account the high priest gave him; some were moneys deposited on trust, for the maintenance of widows and orphans; (2 Maccabees 3, 10)
And for the high priest himself, the very aspect of him was heart-rending; such a change of look and colour betrayed his inward feelings; (2 Maccabees 3, 16)
and pity it was to see how common folk about him were sharing the high priest’s agony of suspense. (2 Maccabees 3, 21)
This was anxious news for the high priest; what if the king should suspect the Jews of foul play? Offer sacrifice he did for the man’s recovery, and with good effect. (2 Maccabees 3, 32)
He was yet at his prayers, when those two warriors, in the same brave attire, stood by Heliodorus again; Thanks thou owest, they said, to the high priest Onias; at his instance, the Lord grants thee life; (2 Maccabees 3, 33)
But king Seleucus was done with life now, and the throne passed to Antiochus, called the Illustrious. And here was a brother Onias had, called Jason, that coveted the office of high priest. (2 Maccabees 4, 7)
To this the king assented; high priest he became, and straightway set about perverting his fellow-countrymen to the Gentile way of living. (2 Maccabees 4, 10)
