Liber Primus Maccabaeorum

I Maccabaeorum, chapter 13 in the Vulgate version.

There is no KJV of 1 Maccabees, but it does appear in the Apocrypha, as shown below.

Chapter 13 Vulgate

   1 Et audivit Simon quod con gregavit Tryphon exercitum copiosum, ut veniret in terram Iudae et attereret eam.
   2 Videns quia in tremore populus est et in timore, ascendit Ierusalem et congregavit populum
   3 et exhortatus est eos et dixit illis: "Vos scitis quanta ego et fratres mei et domus patris mei fecimus pro legibus et pro sanctis proelia et angustias quales vidimus.
   4 Horum gratia perierunt fratres mei omnes propter Israel, et relictus sum ego solus.
   5 Et nunc non mihi contingat parcere animae meae in omni tempore tribulationis; non enim melior sum fratribus meis.
   6 Vindicabo tamen gentem meam et sancta, uxores quoque et natos vestros, quia congregatae sunt universae gentes conterere nos inimicitiae gratia".
   7 Et accensus est spiritus populi, simul ut audivit sermones istos,
   8 et responderunt voce magna dicentes: "Tu es dux noster loco Iudae et Ionathae fratris tui;
   9 pugna proelium nostrum, et omnia, quaecumque dixeris nobis, faciemus".
   10 Et congregans omnes viros bellatores acceleravit consummare universos muros Ierusalem et munivit eam in gyro.
   11 Et misit Ionathan filium Absalomi et cum eo exercitum magnum in Ioppen et, eiectis his, qui erant in ea, remansit illic in ea.
   12 Et movit Tryphon a Ptolemaida cum exercitu multo, ut veniret in terram Iudae, et Ionathas cum eo in custodia.
   13 Simon autem applicuit in Adidis contra faciem campi.
   14 Et ut cognovit Tryphon quia surrexit Simon loco fratris sui Ionathae et quia commissurus esset cum eo proelium, misit ad eum legatos
   15 dicens: "Pro argento, quod debebat frater tuus Ionathas fisco regis propter negotia, quae habuit, detinuimus eum;
   16 et nunc mitte argenti talenta centum et duos filios eius obsides, ut non dimissus fugiat a nobis, et remittemus eum".
   17 Et cognovit Simon quia cum dolo loquuntur secum; misit tamen accipere argentum et pueros, ne inimicitiam magnam sumeret ad populum,
   18 qui dicerent: "Quia non misit ei argentum et pueros, periit".
   19 Et misit pueros et centum talenta. Et mentitus est et non dimisit Ionathan;
   20 et post haec venit Tryphon intrare in regionem, ut contereret eam, et gyraverunt per viam, quae ducit Adoram. Et Simon et castra eius ambulabant in omnem locum, quocumque ibant.
   21 Qui autem in arce erant, miserunt ad Tryphonem legatos urgentes eum, ut veniret ad eos per desertum et mitteret illis alimonias.
   22 Et paravit Tryphon omnem equitatum suum, ut veniret; et in illa nocte fuit nix multa valde, et non venit propter nivem et discessit et abiit in Galaaditim.
   23 Et cum appropinquasset Bascaman, occidit Ionathan, et sepultus est illic;
   24 et convertit Tryphon et abiit in terram suam.
   25 Et misit Simon et accepit ossa Ionathae fratris sui et sepelivit eum in Modin civitate patrum eius.
   26 Et planxerunt eum omnis Israel planctu magno et luxerunt eum dies multos.
   27 Et aedificavit Simon super sepulcrum patris sui et fratrum suorum et exaltavit illud visu, lapide polito retro et ante;
   28 et statuit septem pyramidas, unam contra unam, patri et matri et quattuor fratribus.
   29 Et his fecit machinamenta circumponens columnas magnas et super columnas arma ad memoriam aeternam et iuxta arma naves sculptas, quae viderentur ab omnibus navigantibus mare.
   30 Hoc est sepulcrum, quod fecit in Modin, usque in hunc diem.
   31 Tryphon autem iter faciebat dolo cum Antiocho rege adulescentiore et occidit eum
   32 et regnavit loco eius et imposuit sibi diadema Asiae et fecit plagam magnam in terra.
   33 Et aedificavit Simon praesidia Iudaeae muniens ea turribus excelsis et muris magnis et portis et seris; et posuit alimenta in munitionibus.
   34 Et elegit Simon viros et misit ad Demetrium regem, ut faceret remissionem regioni, quia actus omnes Tryphonis fuerant rapinae.
   35 Et Demetrius rex ad verba ista respondit ei et scripsit epistulam talem:
   36 "Rex Demetrius Simoni summo sacerdoti et amico regum et senioribus et genti Iudaeorum salutem.
   37 Coronam auream et baen, quam misistis, suscepimus; et parati sumus facere vobiscum pacem magnam et scribere praepositis regis remittere vobis, quae indulsimus.
   38 Quaecumque enim constituimus vobis, constant; munitiones, quas aedificastis, vobis sint.
   39 Remittimus quoque ignorantias et peccata usque in hodiernum diem et coronam, quam debebatis; et, si quid aliud erat tributarium in Ierusalem, iam non sit tributarium.
   40 Et, si qui ex vobis apti sunt conscribi inter nostros, conscribantur, et sit inter nos pax".
   41 Anno centesimo septuagesimo ablatum est iugum gentium ab Israel.
   42 Et coepit populus Israel scribere in conscriptionibus et commutationibus: "Anno primo sub Simone summo sacerdote magno duce et principe Iudaeorum".
   43 In diebus illis applicuit Simon ad Gazaram et circumdedit eam castris et fecit machinam et applicuit ad civitatem et percussit turrim unam et comprehendit.
   44 Et eruperant, qui erant intra machinam, in civitatem; et factus est motus magnus in civitate.
   45 Et ascenderunt, qui erant in civitate, cum uxoribus et filiis supra murum, scissis tunicis suis, et clamaverunt voce magna postulantes a Simone dextras sibi dari
   46 et dixerunt: "Non nobis reddas secundum malitias nostras sed secundum misericordiam tuam".
   47 Et consensit illis Simon et non debellavit eos; eiecit tamen eos de civitate et mundavit aedes, in quibus fuerant simulacra, et tunc intravit in eam canens et benedicens.
   48 Et, eiecta ab ea omni immunditia, collocavit in ea viros, qui legem facerent, et munivit eam et aedificavit sibi habitationem.
   49 Qui autem erant in arce Ierusalem, prohibebantur egredi et ingredi regionem et emere ac vendere; et esurierunt valde, et multi ex eis fame perierunt.
   50 Et clamaverunt ad Simonem, ut dextras acciperent, et dedit illis et eiecit eos inde et mundavit arcem a contaminationibus.
   51 Et intraverunt in eam tertia et vicesima die secundi mensis, anno centesimo septuagesimo primo, cum laude et ramis palmarum et cinyris et cymbalis et nablis et hymnis et canticis, quia contritus est inimicus magnus ex Israel.
   52 Et constituit, ut omnibus annis agerentur dies hi cum laetitia.
   53 Et munivit montem templi, qui erat secus arcem, et habitavit ibi ipse et qui cum eo erant.
   54 Et vidit Simon Ioannem filium suum quod vir esset et posuit eum ducem virtutum universarum; et habitavit in Gazaris.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

Apocrypha

   1 Now when Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a great host to invade the land of Judea, and destroy it,
   2 And saw that the people was in great trembling and fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and gathered the people together,
   3 And gave them exhortation, saying, Ye yourselves know what great things I, and my brethren, and my fathers house, have done for the laws and the sanctuary, the battles also and troubles which we have seen.
   4 By reason whereof all my brethren are slain for Israels sake, and I am left alone.
   5 Now therefore be it far from me, that I should spare mine own life in any time of trouble: for I am no better than my brethren.
   6 Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanctuary, and our wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us of very malice.
   7 Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived.
   8 And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our leader instead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother.
   9 Fight thou our battles, and whatsoever, thou commandest us, that will we do.
   10 So then he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
   11 Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absolom, and with him a great power, to Joppa: who casting out them that were therein remained there in it.
   12 So Tryphon removed from Ptolemaus with a great power to invade the land of Judea, and Jonathan was with him in ward.
   13 But Simon pitched his tents at Adida, over against the plain.
   14 Now when Tryphon knew that Simon was risen up instead of his brother Jonathan, and meant to join battle with him, he sent messengers unto him, saying,
   15 Whereas we have Jonathan thy brother in hold, it is for money that he is owing unto the kings treasure, concerning the business that was committed unto him.
   16 Wherefore now send an hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons for hostages, that when he is at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will let him go.
   17 Hereupon Simon, albeit he perceived that they spake deceitfully unto him yet sent he the money and the children, lest peradventure he should procure to himself great hatred of the people:
   18 Who might have said, Because I sent him not the money and the children, therefore is Jonathan dead.
   19 So he sent them the children and the hundred talents: howbeit Tryphon dissembled neither would he let Jonathan go.
   20 And after this came Tryphon to invade the land, and destroy it, going round about by the way that leadeth unto Adora: but Simon and his host marched against him in every place, wheresoever he went.
   21 Now they that were in the tower sent messengers unto Tryphon, to the end that he should hasten his coming unto them by the wilderness, and send them victuals.
   22 Wherefore Tryphon made ready all his horsemen to come that night: but there fell a very great snow, by reason whereof he came not. So he departed, and came into the country of Galaad.
   23 And when he came near to Bascama he slew Jonathan, who was buried there.
   24 Afterward Tryphon returned and went into his own land.
   25 Then sent Simon, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers.
   26 And all Israel made great lamentation for him, and bewailed him many days.
   27 Simon also built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his brethren, and raised it aloft to the sight, with hewn stone behind and before.
   28 Moreover he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brethren.
   29 And in these he made cunning devices, about the which he set great pillars, and upon the pillars he made all their armour for a perpetual memory, and by the armour ships carved, that they might be seen of all that sail on the sea.
   30 This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin, and it standeth yet unto this day.
   31 Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with the young king Antiochus, and slew him.
   32 And he reigned in his stead, and crowned himself king of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land.
   33 Then 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.
   34 Moreover 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.
   35 Unto whom king Demetrius answered and wrote after this manner:
   36 King Demetrius unto Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, as also unto the elders and nation of the Jews, sendeth greeting:
   37 The golden crown, and the scarlet robe, which ye sent unto us, we have received: and we are ready to make a stedfast peace with you, yea, and to write unto our officers, to confirm the immunities which we have granted.
   38 And whatsoever covenants we have made with you shall stand; and the strong holds, which ye have builded, shall be your own.
   39 As for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive it, and the crown tax also, which ye owe us: and if there were any other tribute paid in Jerusalem, it shall no more be paid.
   40 And look who are meet among you to be in our court, let then be enrolled, and let there be peace betwixt us.
   41 Thus the yoke of the heathen was taken away from Israel in the hundred and seventieth year.
   42 Then the people of Israel began to write in their instruments and contracts, In the first year of Simon the high priest, the governor and leader of the Jews.
   43 In those days Simon camped against Gaza and besieged it round about; he made also an engine of war, and set it by the city, and battered a certain tower, and took it.
   44 And they that were in the engine leaped into the city; whereupon there was a great uproar in the city:
   45 Insomuch as the people of the city rent their clothes, and climbed upon the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.
   46 And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickedness, but according to thy mercy.
   47 So Simon was appeased toward them, and fought no more against them, but put them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein the idols were, and so entered into it with songs and thanksgiving.
   48 Yea, he put all uncleanness out of it, and placed such men there as would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built therein a dwellingplace for himself.
   49 They also of the tower in Jerusalem were kept so strait, that they could neither come forth, nor go into the country, nor buy, nor sell: wherefore they were in great distress for want of victuals, and a great number of them perished through famine.
   50 Then cried they to Simon, beseeching him to be at one with them: which thing he granted them; and when he had put them out from thence, he cleansed the tower from pollutions:
   51 And entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month in the hundred seventy and first year, with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and with harps, and cymbals, and with viols, and hymns, and songs: because there was destroyed a great enemy out of Israel.
   52 He ordained also that that day should be kept every year with gladness. Moreover the hill of the temple that was by the tower he made stronger than it was, and there he dwelt himself with his company.
   53 And when Simon saw that John his son was a valiant man, he made him captain of all the hosts; and he dwelt in Gazera.