24. And Trypho turned back and went into his own land.
25. And Simon sent and took the bones of Jonathan, his brother, and he buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers.
26. And all Israel bewailed him with great lamentation. And they mourned him for many days.
27. And Simon built, over the sepulcher of his father and of his brothers, a building, lofty to see, of polished stone, front and back.
28. And he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brothers.
29. And around these he placed great columns; and upon the columns, weapons, as a continual memorial; and beside the weapons, carvings of ships, which might be seen by all those who sail the sea.
30. This is the sepulcher that he made in Modin, even to this day.
31. But Trypho, when he was on a journey with the young king, Antiochus, killed him by deceit.
32. And he reigned in his place, and he put on the diadem of Asia, and he caused great scourges upon the land.
33. And Simon built up the strongholds of Judea, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates and bars. And he placed provisions in the fortresses.
34. And Simon chose men, and he sent to king Demetrius, so that he would grant a remission to the region, for all that Trypho did was to carry out plundering.
35. And king Demetrius responded to this word, and he wrote a letter in this manner:
36. "King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest and friend of kings, and to the elders, and to the people of the Jews: greetings.
37. The golden crown and the bahem that you sent, we have received. And we are prepared to make a great peace with you, and to write to the officers of the king to remit to you the things that we have released.
38. For whatever we have established remains in force for you. The strongholds that you have built, let them be yours.
39. Likewise, any oversight or fault, even to this day, we forgive it, along with the crown that you owed. And if anything else was taxed in Jerusalem, now let it not be taxed.