1 Maccabees 16:20-22

Good News Translation

²⁰ and others to take control of Jerusalem and the Temple hill. ²¹ But someone ran to Gezer ahead of Ptolemy's men and reported to John that his father and his brothers had been killed and that Ptolemy was sending his soldiers to kill him. ²² John was horrified at this news, but, because he had been warned in advance, he was able to capture and put to death the men who had been sent to kill him.