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Simon sent him two thousand picked men to help him in the fight, with silver, gold and plenty of equipment. (1 Maccabees 15, 26)
But Antiochus did not accept them; instead, he annulled the concessions he had granted to Simon and declared him his enemy. (1 Maccabees 15, 27)
Athenobius, the Friend of the king, arrived in Jerusalem and when he saw the magnificence of Simon, his plates of gold and silver and the pomp that surrounded him, he was amazed. But he delivered the king's message. (1 Maccabees 15, 32)
Simon answered him, "We have not occupied any foreign land nor seized any foreign property: this is the inheritance of our fathers. It was our enemies who seized this for some time, (1 Maccabees 15, 33)
but went back to the king very angry and reported to him Simon's reply. He also told him of Simon's magnificence and everything he had seen. So the king became furious. (1 Maccabees 15, 36)
So, Simon called his two elder sons, John and Judas, and said to them: "I and my brothers and the family of my father have fought the enemies of Israel from our youth until today. And many times, we were able to liberate Israel. (1 Maccabees 16, 2)
He became too ambitious and thought of becoming the leader of his nation. So he looked for ways to do away with Simon and his sons. (1 Maccabees 16, 13)
Simon was then making the rounds of the cities of Judea and attending to their administration. In the eleventh month called Shebat, in the year one hundred and seventy-seven (134 B.C.), Simon came to Jericho with his two sons, Mattathias and Judas. (1 Maccabees 16, 14)
When Simon and his sons were drunk, Ptolemy and his men reached for their weapons and rushed on Simon in the midst of the banquet. They killed him with his two sons and some of his servants. (1 Maccabees 16, 16)
But a certain Simon, a priest of the tribe of Bilgah and the Temple administrator, came into conflict with the High Priest regarding the inspection of the city markets. (2 Maccabees 3, 4)
The Simon mentioned before as the informer about the treasures of the Temple, who was traitor to his country, spoke evil of Onias, accusing him of a plot against Heliodorus and saying that he was responsible for all the troubles. (2 Maccabees 4, 1)
The hostility between them reached such proportions that crimes were even committed by some of the supporters of Simon. (2 Maccabees 4, 3)