2 Maccabees 4:7

Jason as high priest

7 After Seleucus died and Antiochus (who was called Epiphanes) received the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias gained the high priesthood by corruption.

2 Maccabees 4:7 In-Context

5 Onias went to the king not to accuse his fellow citizens but to safeguard the public and private welfare of the people.

6 He recognized that without royal attention pubic affairs would not return to a peaceful state, and Simon would not cease from his madness.

7 After Seleucus died and Antiochus (who was called Epiphanes) received the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias gained the high priesthood by corruption.

8 He offered the king, in private communication, three hundred sixty talents of silver, and an additional eighty talents from another source of revenue.

9 He also promised to pay another one hundred fifty talents if he were permitted to set up, under his own authority, a gymnasium and a place for training the young people, and to enroll those living in Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch.