2 Maccabees 4:43-50
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43 Of these matters therefore there was an accusation laid against Menelaus.
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44 Now when the king came to Tyrus, three men that were sent from the senate pleaded the cause before him:
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45 But Menelaus, being now convicted, promised Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes to give him much money, if he would pacify the king toward him.
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46 Whereupon Ptolemee taking the king aside into a certain gallery, as it were to take the air, brought him to be of another mind:
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47 Insomuch that he discharged Menelaus from the accusations, who notwithstanding was cause of all the mischief: and those poor men, who, if they had told their cause, yea, before the Scythians, should have been judged innocent, them he condemned to death.
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48 Thus they that followed the matter for the city, and for the people, and for the holy vessels, did soon suffer unjust punishment.
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49 Wherefore even they of Tyrus, moved with hatred of that wicked deed, caused them to be honourably buried.
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50 And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.