24
But he, being brought to the presence of the king, when he had magnified him for the glorious appearance of his power, got the priesthood for himself, offering more than Jason by three hundred talents of silver.
22
where he was honorably received by Jason and by the city, and was brought in with torchlight and with great shoutings; and so afterward went with his host into Phoenicia.
23
Three years afterward, Jason sent Menelaus, the aforesaid Simon's brother, to bear the money unto the king, and to put him in mind of certain necessary matters.
24
But he, being brought to the presence of the king, when he had magnified him for the glorious appearance of his power, got the priesthood for himself, offering more than Jason by three hundred talents of silver.
25
So he came with the king's mandate, bringing nothing worthy of the high priesthood, but having the fury of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a savage beast.
26
Then Jason, who had undermined his own brother, being undermined by another, was compelled to flee into the country of the Ammonites.
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