1 Maccabees 13:25-33
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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.