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2 Maccabees 4:6-8
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Maccabees 4:6-8
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
6 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.
Jason’s Reforms
7 When Seleucus died and Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes, succeeded to the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias obtained the high-priesthood by corruption, 8 promising the king at an interview[a] three hundred and sixty talents of silver, and from another source of revenue eighty talents.
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