1 Maccabees 16:22-24

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

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.

²³ The 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.