Trypho Seizes Power

⁵⁴ After this Trypho returned, and with him the young boy Antiochus, who began to reign and put on the crown.^(A)

Trypho Captures Jonathan

³⁹ Then Trypho attempted to become king in Asia and put on the crown and to raise his hand against King Antiochus.^(A)

⁴² When Trypho saw that he had come with a large army, he was afraid to raise his hand against him.^(A)

⁴⁹ Then Trypho sent troops and cavalry into Galilee and the Great Plain to destroy all Jonathan’s soldiers.^(A)

Deceit and Treachery of Trypho

¹² Then Trypho left Ptolemais with a large army to invade the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him under guard.^(A)

²³ When he approached Baskama, he killed Jonathan, and he was buried there.^(A)

²⁴ Then Trypho turned and went back to his own land.