4 Maccabees 4:1-3

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4 Now there was a certain Simon, a political opponent of the noble and good man Onias, who then held the high priesthood for life. When, despite bringing charges against him on behalf of the nation, he was unable to injure Onias, he fled the country with the purpose of betraying it.^{(A) 2} So he came to Apollonius, governor of Syria, Phoenicia, and Cilicia, and said,^{(B) 3} “I have come here because I am loyal to the king’s government, to report that in the Jerusalem treasuries there are deposited tens of thousands in private funds that are not the property of the temple but belong to King Seleucus.”^(C)