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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 ...
Eleazar (apodado Avarán) Eleazar fue el cuarto hijo de Matatías (1 Macabeos 2,1-5). Con alguna probabilidad se le identifica con el Esdras que les leyó el Libro Sagrado a los guerreros judíos...
Matatías, un sacerdote judío, lideró la resistencia organizada junto con sus cinco hijos: Juan Gaddi, Simón Thassi, Eleazar Avaran, Jonathan Apphus y Judas Macabeo (Macabeo viene de la palabra hebrea "martillo"). Matatías inició la rebelión impidiendo que un judío sacrificara a un dios pagano y matando después a un oficial del rey.
1 Maccabees 6:43-46. New American Bible (Revised Edition) 43 Eleazar, called Avaran, saw one of the beasts covered with royal armor and bigger than any of the others, and so he thought the king was on it. 44 He gave up his life to save his people and win an everlasting name for himself. 45 He dashed courageously up to it in the middle of the ...
Eleazar, hijo de Matatía, llamado Avaran, uno de los hermanos Macabeos, quien mató a un elefante de guerra.
Judas's brother Eleazar Avaran died in combat with a war elephant. The defeat allowed the Seleucids to continue their campaign and besiege the Jewish holy city of Jerusalem . Primary sources.
Instead of fleeing like many of the other defenders, Eleazar grabbed a spear & charged the lead elephant. While he succeeded in killing it, he was crushed by its fall. Though his sacrifice did not prevent defeat in this battle, the story of his resistance in the face of overwhelming odds has been retold at Hanukkah to inspire Jews ever since.
