1 Maccabees 16:20-22

New Catholic Bible

²⁰ He also sent other troops to seize control of Jerusalem and the temple mount. 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.