Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation He ran boldly toward the elephant, which was in the middle of a battalion of infantry. He rushed forward killing men to the right and left, so that the enemy soldiers fell back before him on both sides. New Revised Standard Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 6:43And 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 6:44 And he exposed himself to deliver his people, and to get himself an everlasting name. 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. 1 Maccabees 6:47 Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them. Context 1 Maccabees 6…44And he exposed himself to deliver his people, and to get himself an everlasting name. 45And 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. 46And 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.… Cross References 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 6:44 And he exposed himself to deliver his people, and to get himself an everlasting name. 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. 1 Maccabees 6:47 Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them. |