6
For he saw that without the king's attention public affairs could not again reach a peaceful settlement, and that Simon would not stop his folly.
7
When Seleucus died and Antiochus who was called Epiphanes succeeded to the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias obtained the high priesthood by corruption,
8
promising the king at an interview three hundred and sixty talents of silver and, from another source of revenue, eighty talents.
9
In addition to this he promised to pay one hundred and fifty more if permission were given to establish by his authority a gymnasium and a body of youth for it, and to enrol the men of Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch.
10
When the king assented and Jason came to office, he at once shifted his countrymen over to the Greek way of life.
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