1 Maccabees 16:20LXX

18And Ptolemee wrote these things and sent to the king that he should send him an army to aid him, and he would deliver him the country, and their cities, and tributes.

19And he sent others to Gazara to kill John: and to the tribunes he sent letters to come to him, and that he would give them silver, and gold, and gifts.

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.