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And all Israel bewailed him with great lamentation: and they mourned for him many days.
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And Simon built over the sepulchre of his father and of his brethren, a building lofty to the sight, of polished stone behind and before:
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And he set up seven pyramids one against another for his father and his mother, and his four brethren:
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And round about these he set great pillars: and upon the pillars arms for a perpetual memory: and by the arms ships carved, which might be seen by all that sailed on the sea.
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This is the sepulchre that he made in Modin even unto this day.
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But Tryphon when he was upon a journey with the young king Antiochus, treacherously slew him.
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And he reigned in his place, and put on the crown of Asia: and brought great evils upon the land.
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And Simon built up the strong holds of Judea, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars: and he stored up victuals in the fortresses.
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And Simon chose men and sent to king Demetrius, to the end that he should grant an immunity to the land: for all that Tryphon did was to spoil.
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And king Demetrius in answer to this request, wrote a letter in this manner:
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King Demetrius to Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.