1 Maccabees 6:33-35

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

³³ And the king rose before it was light, and made his troops march on fiercely towards the way of Bethzacharam: and the armies made themselves ready for the battle, and they sounded the trumpets:

³⁴ And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries to provoke them to fight.

³⁵ And they distributed the beasts by the legions: and there stood by every elephant a thousand men in coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads: and five hundred horsemen set in order were chosen for every beast.