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After three years, Jason sent Menelaus, brother of the Simon mentioned above, to bring the money to the king and initiate steps to negotiate urgent matters with him. (2 Maccabees 4, 23)
Menelaus presented himself to the king whom he impressed by his personal bearing as a man of authority, and so obtained the office of high priest for himself, offering three hundred talents more than Jason. (2 Maccabees 4, 24)
Menelaus held the office but did not pay the amount he promised to the king, (2 Maccabees 4, 27)
Menelaus left his brother Lysimachus as his substitute, and Sostratus left Crates, the commander of the Cypriots. (2 Maccabees 4, 29)
Menelaus thought of taking advantage of the opportunity, and stole some of the golden vessels from the Temple, which he then gave to Andronicus as gifts. He also managed to sell others in Tyre and in the neighboring cities. (2 Maccabees 4, 32)
When Onias had clear evidence of what Menelaus had done, he sought refuge in Daphne near Antioch, a place of asylum, and from there denounced him. (2 Maccabees 4, 33)
For this reason, Menelaus met Andronicus in private and urged him to kill Onias. Andronicus went to Onias and deceitfully gained his confidence, offering Onias his right hand in oath. He was able to persuade Onias, in spite of the latter's suspicion, to come out of his place of refuge. Then Andronicus killed him at once without any regard for justice. (2 Maccabees 4, 34)
Lysimachus committed much sacrilegious plunder in Jerusalem with the connivance of Menelaus. When this became known, the populace rebelled against Lysimachus, who had already taken many golden vessels from the city. (2 Maccabees 4, 39)
Because of all this a charge was brought against Menelaus and (2 Maccabees 4, 43)
when the king arrived at Tyre, three men sent by the council of the elders of Jerusalem told him of Menelaus' cruelty. (2 Maccabees 4, 44)
Seeing his ruin, Menelaus promised a great amount of money to Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes, in order to have the king in his favor. (2 Maccabees 4, 45)
The king actually dismissed all the accusations against Menelaus, the cause of all this evil, while he condemned to death Menelaus' unfortunate accusers who would have been acquitted had a tribunal of barbarians judged them. (2 Maccabees 4, 47)