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.
31. Trypho dealt treacherously with the young King Antiochus. He killed him
32. and became king in his place, putting on the crown of Asia. Thus he brought much evil on the land.
33. Simon, for his part, built up the strongholds of Judea, fortifying them all around with high towers, thick walls, and gates with bars, and he stored up provisions in the strongholds.