2 Maccabees 4:25

25 When he received the king's assent, he turned up holding no qualifications of the high priesthood but instead displaying the temper of a cruel tyrant and the wrath of a savage beast.

2 Maccabees 4:25 In-Context

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.

25 When he received the king's assent, he turned up holding no qualifications of the high priesthood but instead displaying the temper of a cruel tyrant and the wrath of a savage beast.

26 So Jason, who had replaced his brother in an unjust manner, was now displaced by another and forced to escape to Ammonitis.

27 Menelaus took authority but didn't send any of the promised money to the king.