1 Maccabees 13:31-33

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Judea Gains Independence

³¹ Trypho dealt treacherously with the young King Antiochus; he killed him^{(A) 32} and became king in his place, putting on the crown of Asia, and he brought great calamity on the land.^{(B) 33} But Simon built up the strongholds of Judea and walled them all around, with high towers and great walls and gates and bolts, and he stored food in the strongholds.^(C)