2 Maccabees 4:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ Not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but with a view to the common good of all the people.

⁶ For he saw that, except the king took care, it was impossible that matters should be settled in peace, or that Simon would cease from his folly.

⁷ But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, who was called the Illustrious, had taken possession of the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias ambitiously sought the high priesthood: