1 Maccabees 16:22DRA
Catholic Bible · DRA · Verse 22 of 24
"But when he heard it he was exceedingly afraid: and he apprehended the men that came to kill him, and he put them to death: for he knew that they sought to make him away."
In context
20And he sent others to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple.
21Now one running before, told John in Gazara, that his father and his brethren were slain, and that he hath sent men to kill thee also.
22But when he heard it he was exceedingly afraid: and he apprehended the men that came to kill him, and he put them to death: for he knew that they sought to make him away.
23And as concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and the worthy deeds, which he bravely achieved, and the building of the walls, which he made, and the things that he did:
24Behold these are written in the book of the days of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.