2 Maccabees 4:19
Source: Septuagint
19this ungracious Jason sent special messengers from Jerusalem, who were Antiochians, to carry three hundred drachmas of silver to the sacrifice of Hercules, which even the bearers thereof thought fit not to bestow upon the sacrifice, because it was not convenient, but to be reserved for other charges.
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17For it is not a light thing to do wickedly against the laws of God; but the time following shall declare these things.
18Now when the game that was used every fifth year was kept at Tyre, the king being present,
— 2 Maccabees 4:19 —
20This money then, in regard of the sender, was appointed to Hercules’ sacrifice; but because of the bearers thereof it was employed to the making of galleys.
21Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt for the coronation of King Ptolemy Philometor, Antiochus, understanding him not to be well affected to his affairs, provided for his own safety: whereupon he came to Joppa, and from thence to Jerusalem: