20
So although Jason designated this sum for a sacrifice to Hercules, the envoys spent it on equipping warships.
21
After Menestheus' son Apollonius was sent to Egypt for the coronation of Ptolemy Philometor as king, Antiochus thought about his own security because he had received a report that the Egyptian king was hostile toward his government. So after sailing to Joppa, he came to Jerusalem.
22
Jason received him magnificently, and the people of the city welcomed him with torches and shouts. Then he took his army to Phoenicia.
23
Three years later, Jason sent Menelaus (brother of the previously mentioned Simon) to bring funds to the king and settle the accounts of some urgent business matters.
24
When he was introduced to the king, he honored him with an air of authority and bought the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver.