2 Maccabees 4:43-45

Common English Bible

⁴³ The people brought charges against Menelaus regarding these matters. ⁴⁴ When the king arrived in Tyre, the council of elders sent three men to present the case before him. ⁴⁵ But Menelaus, without an ally, promised enough money to Ptolemy, Dorymenes’ son, to gain the king’s support.