2 Maccabees 4:20-22

New Catholic Bible

²⁰ And so, the money intended by the sender to be used for the sacrifice to Hercules was in fact applied, at the suggestion of those who brought it, to the construction of triremes.^[a]

²¹ When Apollonius, the son of Menestheus, was sent to Egypt for the coronation of King Philometor,^[b] Antiochus learned that Philometor had become hostile to his reign. Concerned about his own security, after arriving at Joppa he moved on to Jerusalem, ²² where he was given a lavish welcome by Jason and the people of the city, who escorted him in with a torchlight procession and acclamations. After this, he led his army into Phoenicia.