14. When Trypho learned that Simon had succeeded his brother Jonathan, and that he intended to fight him, he sent ambassadors to him with this message:
15. “It was on account of the money your brother Jonathan owed the royal treasury in connection with the offices that he held, that we have detained him.
16. Now send a hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons as hostages to guarantee that when he is set free he will not revolt against us, and we will release him.”
17. Simon knew that they were speaking deceitfully to him. Nevertheless, for fear of provoking much hostility among the people, he sent for the money and the boys,
18. lest the people say “Jonathan perished because I would not send Trypho the money and the boys.”
19. So he sent the boys and the hundred talents; but Trypho broke his promise and would not release Jonathan.
20. Next Trypho moved to invade and ravage the country. His troops went around by the road that leads to Adora, but Simon and his army moved along opposite him everywhere he went.
21. The people in the citadel kept sending emissaries to Trypho, pressing him to come to them by way of the wilderness, and to send them provisions.
22. Although Trypho got all his cavalry ready to go, there was a very heavy snowfall that night, and he could not go on account of the snow. So he left for Gilead.
23. When he was approaching Baskama, he had Jonathan killed and buried him there.
24. Then Trypho returned to his own land.
25. Simon sent for the remains of his brother Jonathan, and buried him in Modein, the city of his ancestors.
26. All Israel bewailed him with solemn lamentation, mourning over him for many days.
27. Then Simon erected over the tomb of his father and his brothers a monument of stones, polished front and back, and raised high enough to be seen at a distance.
28. He set up seven pyramids facing one another for his father and his mother and his four brothers.
29. For the pyramids he devised a setting of massive columns, which he adorned with suits of armor as a perpetual memorial, and next to the armor carved ships, which could be seen by all who sailed the sea.
30. This tomb which he built at Modein is there to the present day.