21
The enemy soldiers in the fort in Jerusalem kept sending messengers to Trypho urging him to come to them quickly by way of the desert and to send them supplies.
22
Trypho got all his cavalry ready for the invasion, but that night there was a heavy snowstorm, and he was not able to move up into the hills. So he withdrew and went into Gilead.
23
When he was near Baskama, he had Jonathan put to death and his body buried there.
24
Then Trypho turned and went back to his own country.
25
Simon had the body of his brother Jonathan brought to Modein, to be buried in the town of their ancestors.
26
Everyone in Israel was in deep sorrow at the loss of Jonathan, and they mourned for him a long time.
27
Over the tomb of his father and his brothers Simon built a high monument that could be seen from a great distance. It was covered front and back with polished stone.
28
He constructed seven pyramids side by side for his father, his mother, and his four brothers.
29
For the pyramids he created a setting of tall columns on which there were carvings. Some of these carvings were of suits of armor and some were of ships. It was a monument to their victories, which travelers from overseas could visit.
30
The tomb which he built in Modein is still there today.
31
Meanwhile, Trypho assassinated the young king, Antiochus the Sixth,