45. He dashed courageously up to it in the middle of the phalanx, killing men right and left, so that they parted before him.
46. He ran under the elephant, stabbed it and killed it. The beast fell to the ground on top of him, and he died there.
47. But when Judas’ troops saw the strength of the royal army and the ardor of its forces, they retreated from them.
48. Some of the king’s army went up to Jerusalem to attack them, and the king established camps in Judea and at Mount Zion.
49. He made peace with the people of Beth-zur, and they evacuated the city, because they had no food there to enable them to withstand a siege, for that was a sabbath year in the land.
50. The king took Beth-zur and stationed a garrison there to hold it.
51. For many days he besieged the sanctuary, setting up platforms and siege engines, fire-throwers, catapults and mechanical bows for shooting arrows and projectiles.