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.
6. He saw that without royal attention it would be impossible to have a peaceful government, and that Simon would not desist from his folly.
7. But Seleucus died, and when Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes succeeded him on the throne, Onias’ brother Jason obtained the high priesthood by corrupt means: