Wikipedia's first sentence called it “crushed”. Today it says “fourth son of mattathias and the younger brother of judas maccabeus”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Avaran; Commemoration”.
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Miniature from a manuscript Speculum Humanae Salvationis . Eleazar kills the elephant and is crushed.1 The Heroism of Eleaza , engraved plate in the Macklin Bible after a painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg , 1815. Eleazar Avaran , also known as Eleazar Maccabeus , Eleazar Hachorani/Choran (or Horani ) (b. ???BC - d. 162 BC; Hebrew : אלעזר המכבי , אלעזר החורני Eleazar HaMakabi ) was the fourth son of Mattathias and the younger brother of Judas Maccabeus . He was killed ( 4 Maccabees 1:7–10 ) at the Battle of Beth-zechariah ( 1 Maccabees 6:32–33 ) during the Maccabean revolt .2 Little is known About Eleazar, except his heroic death as was told. According to the scroll of Antichus, his father saw in him a Zealot among zealots, like Pinhas .3 In 2 Maccabees 8:21–23 it is told that Eleazar read from the Tanakh in front of the people just before the last battle began in 3 Maccabees 6:16–19 .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Miniature from a manuscript Speculum Humanae Salvationis . Eleazar kills the elephant and is crushed. Eleazar Avaran , also known as Eleazar Maccabeus , Eleazar Hachorani/Choran (or Horani ) (b. ???BC - d. 162 BC; Hebrew : אלעזר המכבי , אלעזר החורני Eleazar HaMakabi ) was the fourth son of Mattathias and the younger brother of Judas Maccabeus . He was killed at the Battle of Beth-zechariah during the Maccabean revolt . ( 1 Macc . 6:43-46) Very little is known About Eleazar, except his heroic death as was told. According to the scroll of Antichus, his father saw in him a Zealot among zealots, like Pinhas . In the book of 2 Maccabees it is told that Eleazar read from the Tanakh in front of the people before going into his last battle
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Eleazar Avaran , also known as Eleazar Maccabeus , Eleazar Hachorani/Chorani ( Hebrew : אלעזר המכבי Eleazar 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 Antiochus, his father saw in him a Zealot among zealots, like Pinhas . In 2 Maccabees 8:21–23 it is told that Eleazar read from the Tanakh in front of the people just before the last battle began in 3 Maccabees 6:16–19 .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Maccabean revolutionary The Heroism of Eleazar , engraved plate in the Macklin Bible after a painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg , 1815. Eleazar Avaran , also known as Eleazar Maccabeus , Eleazar Hachorani/Chorani ( Hebrew : אלעזר המכבי Eleazar 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 Antiochus, his father saw in him a Zealot among zealots, like Pinhas . In 2 Maccabees 8:21–23 it is told that Eleazar read from the Tanakh in front of the people just before the last battle began in 3 Maccabees 6:1–15 .
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