2 Maccabees 4:1

1 This Simon, who had informed about the wealth of the temple and acted as an informer against his native land, slandered Onias.

2 Maccabees 4:1 In-Context

1 This Simon, who had informed about the wealth of the temple and acted as an informer against his native land, slandered Onias.

2 He accused the latter of threatening Heliodorus and becoming a perpetrator of evil. He dared to label the benefactor of the city, the protector of his fellow citizens, and a passionate advocate for the laws, as a traitor against the government.

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.