44 He gave his life to deliver his people, and to get himself an everlasting name. (WEB) 45 He ran upon him courageously into the midst of the phalanx, and killed on the right hand and on the left, and they parted away from him on this side and on that. (WEB) 46 He crept under the elephant, and stabbed it from beneath, and killed it. The elephant fell to the earth upon him, and he died there. (WEB)
1 Maccabees 6:44–46
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