2 Maccabees 4:27

27 Menelaus continued to be High Priest, but he never paid any of the money he had promised the king.

2 Maccabees 4:27 In-Context

25 As a result Menelaus returned to Jerusalem with papers from the king, confirming him as High Priest. But he possessed no other qualifications; he had the temper of a cruel tyrant and could be as fierce as a wild animal.

26 So Jason, who had cheated his own brother out of the office of High Priest, was now forced to flee to the land of Ammon.

27 Menelaus continued to be High Priest, but he never paid any of the money he had promised the king.

28 However, Sostratus, the captain of the fort in Jerusalem, kept demanding the money, since it was his responsibility to collect it. So finally, the two men were summoned to appear before the king concerning the matter.

29 Menelaus left his brother Lysimachus as acting High Priest, while Sostratus left the fort under the command of Crates, the commander of the mercenary troops from Cyprus.