2 Maccabees 4:20-22

Common English Bible

²⁰ So although Jason designated this sum for a sacrifice to Hercules, the envoys spent it on equipping warships.

²¹ After Menestheus’ son Apollonius was sent to Egypt for the coronation of Ptolemy Philometor as king, Antiochus thought about his own security because he had received a report that the Egyptian king was hostile toward his government. So after sailing to Joppa, he came to Jerusalem. ²² Jason received him magnificently, and the people of the city welcomed him with torches and shouts. Then Antiochus took his army to Phoenicia.