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.