2 Maccabees 4:20-22

Revised Standard Version

²⁰ So this money was intended by the sender for the sacrifice to Her′cules, but by the decision of its carriers it was applied to the construction of triremes.

²¹ When Apollo′nius the son of Menes′theus was sent to Egypt for the coronation^[a] of Philome′tor as king, Anti′ochus learned that Philome′tor^[b] had become hostile to his government, and he took measures for his own security. Therefore upon arriving at Joppa he proceeded to Jerusalem. ²² He was welcomed magnificently by Jason and the city, and ushered in with a blaze of torches and with shouts. Then he marched into Phoenic′ia.