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So he betook himself to the king, not accusing his fellow citizens but having in view the welfare, both public and private, of all the people. (2 Maccabees 4, 5)
For he saw that without the king's attention public affairs could not again reach a peaceful settlement, and that Simon would not stop his folly. (2 Maccabees 4, 6)
promising the king at an interview three hundred and sixty talents of silver and, from another source of revenue, eighty talents. (2 Maccabees 4, 8)
For with alacrity he founded a gymnasium right under the citadel, and he induced the noblest of the young men to wear the Greek hat. (2 Maccabees 4, 12)
There was such an extreme of Hellenization and increase in the adoption of foreign ways because of the surpassing wickedness of Jason, who was ungodly and no high priest, (2 Maccabees 4, 13)
that the priests were no longer intent upon their service at the altar. Despising the sanctuary and neglecting the sacrifices, they hastened to take part in the unlawful proceedings in the wrestling arena after the call to the discus, (2 Maccabees 4, 14)
disdaining the honors prized by their fathers and putting the highest value upon Greek forms of prestige. (2 Maccabees 4, 15)
For it is no light thing to show irreverence to the divine laws -- a fact which later events will make clear. (2 Maccabees 4, 17)
the vile Jason sent envoys, chosen as being Antiochian citizens from Jerusalem, to carry three hundred silver drachmas for the sacrifice to Hercules. Those who carried the money, however, thought best not to use it for sacrifice, because that was inappropriate, but to expend it for another purpose. (2 Maccabees 4, 19)
After receiving the king's orders he returned, possessing no qualification for the high priesthood, but having the hot temper of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a savage wild beast. (2 Maccabees 4, 25)
So Jason, who after supplanting his own brother was supplanted by another man, was driven as a fugitive into the land of Ammon. (2 Maccabees 4, 26)
And Menelaus held the office, but he did not pay regularly any of the money promised to the king. (2 Maccabees 4, 27)
