1 Maccabees 6:45-47

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴⁵ He courageously ran into the midst of the phalanx to reach it; he killed men right and left, and they parted before him on both sides. ⁴⁶ He got under the elephant, stabbed it from beneath, and killed it; but it fell to the ground upon him and he died. ⁴⁷ When the Jews^[a] saw the royal might and the fierce attack of the forces, they turned away in flight.