1 Maccabees 6:45

45 Therefore he ran upon him courageously through the midst of the battle, slaying on the right hand and on the left, so that they were divided from him on both sides.

1 Maccabees 6:45 In-Context

43 Eleazar also, surnamed Avaran, perceiving that one of the beasts, armed with royal armor, was higher than all the rest, and supposing that the king was upon him,

44 put himself in jeopardy to the end that he might deliver his people and get himself a perpetual name.

45 Therefore he ran upon him courageously through the midst of the battle, slaying on the right hand and on the left, so that they were divided from him on both sides.

46 This done, he crept under the elephant and thrust him underneath and slew him, whereupon the elephant fell down upon him, and there he died.

47 However the rest of the Jews, seeing the strength of the king and the violence of his forces, turned away from them.