2 Maccabees 4:49-50

New Catholic Bible

⁴⁹ Some Tyrians were actually so enraged by this crime that they provided sumptuously for their funerals. ⁵⁰ However, Menelaus, because of the greed of those who held power, remained in office, where he grew in wickedness and established himself as the chief plotter against his compatriots.