great army, and feared lest he should be caught by him,
and brought to punishment for what he had done to the Arabians, he ended
his life, and slew himself with his own hand; while Antiochus seized
upon all his substance.

CHAPTER 5. How, Upon The Quarrels One Against Another About The High
Priesthood Antiochus Made An Expedition Against Jerusalem, Took The City
And Pillaged The Temples. And Distressed The Jews' As Also How Many
Of The Jews Forsook The Laws Of Their Country; And How The Samaritans
Followed The Customs Of The Greeks And Named Their Temple At Mount
Gerizzim The Temple Of Jupiter Hellenius.

1. About this time, upon the death of Onias the high priest, they gave
the high priesthood to Jesus his brother; for that son which Onias left
[or Onias IV.] was yet but an infant; and, in its proper place, we will
inform the reader of all the circumstances that befell this child.
But this Jesus, who was the brother of Onias, was deprived of the high
priesthood by the king, who was angry with him, and gave it to his
younger brother, whose name also was Onias; for Simon had these three
sons, to each of which the priesthood came, as we have already informed
the reader. This Jesus changed his name to Jason, but Onias was called
Menelaus. Now as the former high priest, Jesus, raised a sedition
against Menelaus, who was ordained after him, the multitude were divided
between them both. And the sons of Tobias took the part of Menelaus,
but the greater part of the people assisted Jason; and by that means
Menelaus and the sons of Tobias were distressed, and retired to
Antiochus, and informed him that they were desirous to leave the laws
of their country, and the Jewish way of living according to them, and
to follow the king's laws, and the Grecian way of living. Wherefore they
desired his permission to build them a Gymnasium at Jerusalem. [15] And
when he had given them leave, they also hid the circumcision of their
genitals, that even when they were naked they might appear to be Greeks.
Accordingly, they left off all the customs that belonged to their own
country, and imitated the practices of the other nations.

2. Now Antiochus, upon the agreeable situation of the affairs of his
kingdom, resolved to make an expedition against Egypt, both because he
had a desire to gain it, and because he contemned the son of Ptolemy,
as now weak, and not yet of abilities to manage affairs of such
consequence; so he came with great