1 Maccabees 16:21–24

²¹But someone ran ahead and reported to John at Gazara that his father and brothers had perished and that “he has sent men to kill you also.”^{* 22}When he heard this, he was greatly shocked; he seized the men who came to destroy him and killed them, for he had found out that they were seeking to destroy him.

²³The rest of the acts of John and his wars and the brave deeds that he did, and the building of the walls that he completed, and his achievements^{* 24}are written in the annals of his high priesthood, from the time that he became high priest after his father.