22. And Tryphon made ready all his horse to come: and on that night there fell a very great snow, and he came not by reason of the snow. And he removed, and came into the country of Gilead.
23. But when he came near to Bascama, he killed Jonathan, and he was buried there.
24. And Tryphon returned, and went away into his own land.
25. And Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried him at Modin, the city of his fathers.
26. And all Israel made great lamentation over him, and mourned for him many days.
27. And Simon built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his brethren, and raised it aloft to the sight, with polished stone behind and before.
28. And he set up seven pyramids, one over against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brethren.
29. And for these he made cunning devices, setting about them great pillars, and upon the pillars he fashioned all manner of arms for a perpetual memory, and beside the arms ships carved, that they should be seen of all that sail on the sea.
30. This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin, and it is there to this day.
31. Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with the young king Antiochus, and killed him,
32. and reigned in his stead, and put on himself the diadem of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land.
33. And Simon built the strongholds of Judaea, and fenced them about with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars; and he laid up food in the strongholds.
34. And Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end he should give the country an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to plunder.
35. And king Demetrius sent to him according to these words, and answered him, and wrote a letter to him, after this manner: