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.
48
Then the king's army went up to Jerusalem to meet them, and the king pitched his tents against Judea, and against Mount Zion.
49
But with those who were in Beth-zur he made peace, for they came out of the city because they had no victuals there to endure the siege, it being a year of rest for the land.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.