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So Apollonius, having been preserved beyond all expectations, went away to report to the king what had happened to him.
15
When King Seleucus died, his son Antiochus Epiphanes succeeded to the throne, an arrogant and terrible man,
16
who removed Onias from the priesthood and appointed Onias's brother Jason as high priest.
17
Jason agreed that if the office were conferred upon him he would pay the king three thousand six hundred and sixty talents annually.
18
So the king appointed him high priest and ruler of the nation.
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