2 Maccabees 4:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² And he presumed to call him a traitor to the kingdom, who provided for the city, and defended his nation, and was zealous for the law of God.

³ But when the enmities proceeded so far, that murders also were committed by some of Simon's friends:

⁴ Onias considering the danger of this contention, and that Apollonius, who was the governor of Celesyria and Phenicia, was outrageous, which increased the malice of Simon, went to the king,