1 Maccabees 16:21-23

New Catholic Bible

²¹ However, someone ran ahead and reported to John at Gazara that his father and his brothers had been murdered and that Ptolemy was sending men to kill him too. ²² On hearing this, John was greatly shocked. When the men came to kill him, he had them arrested and put to death, for he had been forewarned of their mission to destroy him.

²³ The rest of the history of John^[a] and his wars and the brave deeds that he performed, the walls he built, and the rest of his achievements