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And all the inhabitants of the land were moved at the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the armour, for the army was exceeding great and strong.
42
And Judas and his army drew near for battle: and there fell of the king's army six hundred men.
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:
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And he exposed himself to deliver his people and to get himself an everlasting name.
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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.
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.
47
Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them.
48
But the king's army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king's army pitched their tents against Judea and mount Sion.
49
And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land.
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And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it.
51
And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings.