2 Maccabees 4:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 When Simon’s hostility reached such a pitch that murders were being committed by one of his henchmen, 4 Onias saw that the opposition was serious and that Apollonius, son of Menestheus, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, was abetting Simon’s wickedness. 5 So he had recourse to the king, not as an accuser of his compatriots, but as one looking to the general and particular good of all the people.
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