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The High Priest, on his part, feared that the king might suspect the Jews of some foul play against Heliodorus, so he offered a sacrifice for the man's recovery. (2 Maccabees 3, 32)
Heliodorus then offered a sacrifice to the Lord and prayed at great length to him who had spared his life. He took leave of Onias and went back with his guards to the king. (2 Maccabees 3, 35)
The king asked Heliodorus who could be sent again to Jerusalem to carry out what he failed to do. Heliodorus answered him, (2 Maccabees 3, 37)
So Onias went to the king, not to accuse his fellow citizens, but for the good of the whole nation. (2 Maccabees 4, 5)
For he saw that it was impossible to maintain peace and stop the foolishness of Simon without the king's intervention. (2 Maccabees 4, 6)
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)
In a conversation with the king, Jason promised three hundred and sixty talents of silver and eighty talents from other revenues. (2 Maccabees 4, 8)
With the consent of the king and using the power at his disposal, he at once set about encouraging his fellow citizens to adopt the customs of the Greeks. (2 Maccabees 4, 10)
When the quinquennial games held every five years were going on in Tyre before the king, (2 Maccabees 4, 18)
Antiochus had sent Apollonius, son of Menestheus, to Egypt to represent him in the enthronement of King Philometor. But when Antiochus learned that Philometor had become his political adversary, Antiochus was worried about his own safety. (2 Maccabees 4, 21)
After three years, Jason sent Menelaus, brother of the Simon mentioned above, to bring the money to the king and initiate steps to negotiate urgent matters with him. (2 Maccabees 4, 23)
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)
