2 Maccabees 4:5

5 Onias went to the king not to accuse his fellow citizens but to safeguard the public and private welfare of the people.

2 Maccabees 4:5 In-Context

3 His hatred was so intense that one of Simon's men had even attempted to commit murders.
4 Seeing the danger of the dispute—including how Menestheus' son Apollonius, the governor of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, encouraged Simon's evil—
5 Onias went to the king not to accuse his fellow citizens but to safeguard the public and private welfare of the people.
6 He recognized that without royal attention pubic affairs would not return to a peaceful state, and Simon would not cease from his madness.
7 After Seleucus died and Antiochus (who was called Epiphanes) received the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias gained the high priesthood by corruption.
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