2 Maccabees 4:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
IV. Profanation and Persecution
Chapter 4
Simon Accuses Onias. 1 The Simon mentioned above as the informer about the funds against his own country slandered Onias as the one who incited Heliodorus and instigated the whole miserable affair. 2 He dared to brand as a schemer against the government the man who was the benefactor of the city, the protector of his compatriots, and a zealous defender of the laws. 3 When Simon’s hostility reached such a pitch that murders were being committed by one of his henchmen,
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