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1 Maccabees 13:33
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33Then Simon built up the strong holds in Judea, and fenced them about with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars, and laid up victuals therein.
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31Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with the young king Antiochus, and slew him.
32And he reigned in his stead, and crowned himself king of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land.
— 1 Maccabees 13:33 —
34Moreover Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end he should give the land an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to spoil.
35Unto whom king Demetrius answered and wrote after this manner: