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1 Maccabees 16:22-24
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 16:22-24
New Catholic Bible
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 24 are recorded in the annals[b] of his high priesthood from the time when he succeeded his father as high priest.
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- 1 Maccabees 16:23 John, surnamed Hyrcanus, was high priest from 134–104 B.C. The Hasmonean dynasty was supplanted by Herod in 31 B.C. This verse and the succeeding one indicate that 1 Maccabees was completed only after his death.
- 1 Maccabees 16:24 The annals have been lost. The Book concludes in a similar fashion to the accounts of the kings of Israel (1 Ki 11:41; 2 Ki 10:34; 12:19; 20:20, etc.).
