2 Maccabees 4:5-7
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5 So he appealed to the king, not accusing his compatriots but having in view the welfare, both public and private, of all the people.(A) 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,(B)
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