Eleazar Avaran

Josephus wrote that Eleazar, though killing many enemy soldiers, did not gain any real effect besides the name he made for himself.

In another variation of this story which appears in the Megillat Antiochus, Eleazar's body is discovered after sinking in the excrement of an elephant.

[3] Other versions are "Horan", possibly derived from "Hor"="hole", similar to the "piercer" designation; and "Eran" (alert, vigorous).

[4] Eleazar's death was a popular subject for art in the Middle Ages, where it was given a typological significance as prefiguring Christ's sacrifice of himself for mankind.

[citation needed] The Israeli settlement, Elazar, in Gush Etzion, near the site of the battle of Beth-zechariah, is named after him.