Eleazar Avaran
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Eleazar Avaran, also known as Eleazar Maccabeus, Eleazar Hachorani/Chorani was the fourth son of Mattathias and the younger brother of Judas Maccabeus. He was killed at the Battle of Beth-zechariah du
The Heroism of Eleazar, engraved plate in the Macklin Bible after a painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1815.
Death of Eleazer (illustration by Gustave Doré from the 1866 La Sainte Bible)
Battle of Beth Zechariah
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The Battle of Beth Zechariah took place around May 162 BC during the Maccabean revolt fought between Jewish rebels under the leadership of Judas Maccabeus against an army of the Seleucid Empire, the G
Eleazar Avaran
…HaMakabi, אלעזר החורני Eleazar HaChorani; died 162 BC) was the fourth son of Mattathias and the younger brother of Judas Maccabeus. He was killed at the Battle of Beth-zechariah (1 Maccabees 6:32–33) during the Maccabean revolt. Little is known about Eleazar, except his heroic death as was told. According to the scroll of…
1698 illustration of Eleazar fighting an elephant at the battle by Jan Luyken