1 Maccabees 16:22-24

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²² When he heard this, he was greatly shocked; and 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 which he did, and the building of the walls which he built, and his achievements, ²⁴ behold, they are written in the chronicles of his high priesthood, from the time that he became high priest after his father.