22
So Trypho got all his cavalry ready to go, but that night a very heavy snow fell, and he did not go because of the snow. He marched off and went into the land of Gilead.
23
When he approached Baskama, he killed Jonathan, and he was buried there.
24
Then Trypho turned back and departed to his own land.
25
And Simon sent and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried him in Modein, the city of his fathers.
26
All Israel bewailed him with great lamentation, and mourned for him many days.
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