1 Maccabees 6:45

45 He ran courageously into the midst of a group of soldiers to reach it, killing men right and left so that they had to give way to him on both sides.

1 Maccabees 6:45 In-Context

43 Eleazar, called Avaran, saw that one of the animals was taller than all the others and was equipped with royal armor. He figured that the king must be on it.

44 So he gave his life to save his people and to secure an everlasting name for himself.

45 He ran courageously into the midst of a group of soldiers to reach it, killing men right and left so that they had to give way to him on both sides.

46 He got under the elephant and stabbed it from underneath. He killed it, but it fell to the ground on top of him, and he died there.

47 As the Jews experienced the might and the fierce attack of the king's forces, they turned away and fled.