2 Maccabees 5:6-8

Common English Bible

⁶ Jason mercilessly slaughtered his own citizens. He failed to realize military success against one’s own people is the greatest misfortune but thought that he was winning trophies from his enemies and not from his fellow citizens. ⁷ But he didn’t gain the government; instead, he received shame as a result of his plot and again fled as a fugitive into Ammonite country. ⁸ Finally, he came to a miserable end. Brought up on charges before Aretas the Arab tyrant, he fled from city to city, chased by everyone. Hated as a traitor to the laws and loathed as the murderer of his native land and citizens, he was cast ashore in Egypt.