2 Maccabees 4:8

8 He went to see the king and offered him 27,000 pounds of silver with 6,000 more pounds to be paid later.

2 Maccabees 4:8 In-Context

6 He realized that without the king's cooperation there was no hope for peace, and Simon would keep on with his foolishness.

7 Later, when King Seleucus died and Antiochus (known as Epiphanes) became king, Jason the brother of Onias became High Priest by corrupt means.

8 He went to see the king and offered him 27,000 pounds of silver with 6,000 more pounds to be paid later.

9 Jason also offered him an additional 11,250 pounds of silver for the authority to establish a stadium where young men could train and to enroll the people of Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch.

10 The king gave his approval, and just as soon as Jason took over the office of High Priest, he made the people of Jerusalem change to the Greek way of life.

Footnotes

• [a] went to see; [or] wrote to.