| − | [[Bible|Biblical]] testimony to John is found in the [[1 Maccabees|First Book of the Maccabees]] 13:53–16:24, from the time that Simon his father saw that he had become a man, and made him commander of all the armed forces of the Jews; his actions against the aggression of Trypho's forces, with his defeat and destruction of Cendebeus, Trypho's commander-in-chief; up to the assassination of his father Simon and his brothers Mattathias and Judas at the fortress of Dok by Ptolemy the son of Abubus, and his seizure of the assassins this same Ptolemy had sent against him. The final verses 23-24 state:{{cquote|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, behold they are written in the chronicles of his high priesthood, from the time that he became high priest after his father.}} | + | [[Bible|Biblical]] testimony to John is found in the [[1 Maccabees|First Book of the Maccabees]] 13:53–16:24, from the time that Simon his father saw that he had become a man, and made him commander of all the armed forces of the Jews; his actions against the aggression of Trypho's forces, with his defeat and destruction of Trypho's commander-in-chief, Cendebeus; up to the assassination of his father Simon and his brothers Mattathias and Judas at the fortress of Dok by Ptolemy the son of Abubus, and his seizure of the assassins this same Ptolemy had sent against him. The final verses 23-24 state:{{cquote|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, behold they are written in the chronicles of his high priesthood, from the time that he became high priest after his father.}} |