1 Maccabees 13:23-38
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23 And when he came near to Bascama he slew Jonathan, who was buried there.
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24 Afterward Tryphon returned and went into his own land.
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25 Then sent Simon, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers.
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26 And all Israel made great lamentation for him, and bewailed him many days.
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27 Simon also built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his brethren, and raised it aloft to the sight, with hewn stone behind and before.
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28 Moreover he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brethren.
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29 And in these he made cunning devices, about the which he set great pillars, and upon the pillars he made all their armour for a perpetual memory, and by the armour ships carved, that they might be seen of all that sail on the sea.
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30 This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin, and it standeth yet unto this day.
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31 Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with the young king Antiochus, and slew him.
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32 And he reigned in his stead, and crowned himself king of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land.
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33 Then Simon built up the strong holds in Judea, and fenced them about with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars, and laid up victuals therein.
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34 Moreover Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end he should give the land an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to spoil.
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35 Unto whom king Demetrius answered and wrote after this manner:
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36 King Demetrius unto Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, as also unto the elders and nation of the Jews, sendeth greeting:
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37 The golden crown, and the scarlet robe, which ye sent unto us, we have received: and we are ready to make a stedfast peace with you, yea, and to write unto our officers, to confirm the immunities which we have granted.
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38 And whatsoever covenants we have made with you shall stand; and the strong holds, which ye have builded, shall be your own.