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Simon Accuses Onias

The previously mentioned Simon, who had informed about the money against[a] his own country, slandered Oni′as, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodor′us and had been the real cause of the misfortune. He dared to designate as a plotter against the government the man who was the benefactor of the city, the protector of his fellow countrymen, and a zealot for the laws. When his hatred progressed to such a degree that even murders were committed by one of Simon’s approved agents,

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  1. 2 Maccabees 4:1 Gk and

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