2 Maccabees 13:15-17

Good News Translation

Victory comes from God, and that night, with a picked force of his bravest young men, he attacked the area near the king's tent and killed as many as 2,000 men. They also stabbed to death^[a] the lead elephant and its keeper. ¹⁶ Everyone in camp was terrified and in panic when Judas and his men finally left victoriously ¹⁷ just before dawn. The help and protection of the Lord had made all this possible.