2 Maccabees 4:8-10

Common English Bible

⁸ He offered the king, in private communication, 20,520 pounds of silver, and an additional 4,560 pounds from another source of revenue. ⁹ He also promised to pay another 8,550 pounds of silver if he were permitted to set up, under his own authority, a gymnasium and a place for training the young people, and to enroll those living in Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch. ¹⁰ When the king had granted this and Jason had taken possession of his office, he immediately made his fellow citizens change to the Greek way of life.