1 Maccabees 6:46
“Which done, he crept vnder the Elephant, and thrust him vnder and slew him: whereupon the Elephant fell downe vpon him, and there he died.”
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1 Maccabees 6:46 Context
44Put himselfe in ieopardie, to the end hee might deliuer his people, and get him a perpetuall name: 45Wherefore hee ranne vpon him courageously through the midst of the battell, slaying on the right hand, and on the left, so that they were diuided from him on both sides. 46Which done, he crept vnder the Elephant, and thrust him vnder and slew him: whereupon the Elephant fell downe vpon him, and there he died. 47How be it [the rest of the Iewes] seeing the strength of the king, and the violence of his forces, turned away from them. 48¶ Then the kings armie went vp to Ierusalem to meet them, and the king pitched his tents against Iudea, and against mount Sion.
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Which done, he crept under the elephant, and thrust him under, and slew him: whereupon the elephant fell down upon him, and there he died.
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