OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 13:28

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He also set up seven pyramids, one near another, for his father, his mother, and his four brothers.

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Verse 28. Pyramids. In such the kings of Egypt were buried. Lucan viii. 998.—Simon enclosed the pyramids with porticoes, supported by pillars all of one piece of marble. Josephus and S. Jerom saw the sepulchres. Calmet.—One was probably designed by Simon for himself. Bible.

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