19. And he sent others to Gazara to destroy John. And he sent letters to the tribunes to come to him, and he would give them silver, and gold, and gifts.
20. And he sent others to occupy Jerusalem and the mountain of the temple.
21. Now a certain one, running ahead, reported to John in Gazara, that his father and his brothers perished, and that "he sent to kill you also."
22. But when he heard it, he was very afraid, and he apprehended the men who came to destroy him, and he killed them. For he knew that they sought to destroy him.
23. And the rest of the stories about John, and his wars, and the virtuous deeds that he performed with fortitude, and the building of the walls that he raised, and the things that he did,
24. behold, these have been written in the book of the days of his priesthood, from the time that he became high priest, after his father.