Good News Translation
Eleazar sacrificed his life to save his people and to gain eternal fame.

New Revised Standard Version
So he gave his life to save his people and to win for himself an everlasting name.

Contemporary English Version
Eleazar killed every enemy soldier around him, and others ran away as he bravely fought his way toward the huge elephant. Then he ran under it and stabbed it to death. But the heavy elephant sank down and crushed him. Eleazar gave up his life to save his people, and he will never be forgotten.

New American Bible
He gave up his life to save his people and win an everlasting name for himself.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he exposed himself to deliver his people, and to get himself an everlasting name.

And he exposed himself to deliver his people, and to get himself an everlasting name.

1 Maccabees 6:42
And Judas and his army drew near for battle: and there fell of the king's army six hundred men.

1 Maccabees 6:43
And Eleazar, the son of Saura, saw one of the beasts harnessed with the king's harness: and it was higher than the other beasts; and it seemed to him that the king was on it:

1 Maccabees 6:45
And he ran up to it boldly in the midst of the legion, killing on the right hand, and on the left, and they fell by him on this side and that side.

1 Maccabees 6:46
And he went between the feet of the elephant, and put himself under it: and slew it, and it fell to the ground upon him, and he died there.