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.
33 And Simon built the strongholds of Judaea, and fenced them about with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars; and he laid up food in the strongholds.
34 And Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end he should give the country an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to plunder.
35 And king Demetrius sent to him according to these words, and answered him, and wrote a letter to him, after this manner: