2 Maccabees 4:6

6 For he saw that without the king's attention public affairs could not again reach a peaceful settlement, and that Simon would not stop his folly.

2 Maccabees 4:6 In-Context

4 Onias recognized that the rivalry was serious and that Apollonius, the son of Menestheus and governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, was intensifying the malice of Simon.

5 So he betook himself to the king, not accusing his fellow citizens but having in view the welfare, both public and private, of all the people.

6 For he saw that without the king's attention public affairs could not again reach a peaceful settlement, and that Simon would not stop his folly.

7 When Seleucus died and Antiochus who was called Epiphanes succeeded to the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias obtained the high priesthood by corruption,

8 promising the king at an interview three hundred and sixty talents of silver and, from another source of revenue, eighty talents.