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for he was son-in-law of the high priest. (1 Maccabees 16, 12)
behold, they are written in the chronicles of his high priesthood, from the time that he became high priest after his father. (1 Maccabees 16, 24)
While the holy city was inhabited in unbroken peace and the laws were very well observed because of the piety of the high priest Onias and his hatred of wickedness, (2 Maccabees 3, 1)
But a man named Simon, of the tribe of Benjamin, who had been made captain of the temple, had a disagreement with the high priest about the administration of the city market; (2 Maccabees 3, 4)
When he had arrived at Jerusalem and had been kindly welcomed by the high priest of the city, he told about the disclosure that had been made and stated why he had come, and he inquired whether this really was the situation. (2 Maccabees 3, 9)
The high priest explained that there were some deposits belonging to widows and orphans, (2 Maccabees 3, 10)
To see the appearance of the high priest was to be wounded at heart, for his face and the change in his color disclosed the anguish of his soul. (2 Maccabees 3, 16)
There was something pitiable in the prostration of the whole populace and the anxiety of the high priest in his great anguish. (2 Maccabees 3, 21)
And the high priest, fearing that the king might get the notion that some foul play had been perpetrated by the Jews with regard to Heliodorus, offered sacrifice for the man's recovery. (2 Maccabees 3, 32)
While the high priest was making the offering of atonement, the same young men appeared again to Heliodorus dressed in the same clothing, and they stood and said, "Be very grateful to Onias the high priest, since for his sake the Lord has granted you your life. (2 Maccabees 3, 33)
There was such an extreme of Hellenization and increase in the adoption of foreign ways because of the surpassing wickedness of Jason, who was ungodly and no high priest, (2 Maccabees 4, 13)
Now a certain Alcimus, who had formerly been high priest but had wilfully defiled himself in the times of separation, realized that there was no way for him to be safe or to have access again to the holy altar, (2 Maccabees 14, 3)