1 Maccabees 16:21–24

²¹Now one had run afore to ^bGazara, and told John that his father and brethren were slain, and ^uquoth he, Ptolemee hath sent to slay thee also. ²²Hereof when he heard, he was sore astonished: so he laid hands on them that were come to destroy him, and slew them; for he knew that they sought to make him away.

^23xAs concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and worthy deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which he made, and his doings, ²⁴behold, these are written in the chronicles of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.