1 Maccabees 6:42-44

Good News Translation

⁴² Judas and his army advanced into battle, and immediately killed 600 of the king's army. ⁴³ When Eleazar Avaran saw that one of the elephants was larger than the others and that it was covered with royal armor, he thought that the king was riding on it. ⁴⁴ Eleazar sacrificed his life to save his people and to gain eternal fame.