2 Maccabees

2 Maccabees 4:10

ἐπινεύσαντος δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς κρατήσας εὐθέως πρὸς τὸν Ἑλληνικὸν χαρακτῆρα τοὺς ὁμοφύλους μετέστησε.
King James Version (KJV)

Which when the king had granted, and he had gotten into his hand the rule, he forthwith brought his own nation to the Greekish fashion.

Modern English

Once the king approved this and Jason took control, he immediately began converting his own people to the Greek way of life.

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