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33 And the king rose before the light, and stirred the host into fierceness, against (or towards) the way of Bethzechariah; and the hosts made ready them(selves) (al)together into (or for) battle [or and the hosts made them(selves) (al)together ready into (or for) battle], and sang in (or with) trumps.

34 And to (the) elephants they showed (the) blood of grape(s), and (of) morus, or (of) mulberry trees, for to whet them into battle.

35 And they parted the beasts by (or among) (the) legions; and to each elephant a thousand men stood nigh in habergeons chained, or mailed, together, and brazen helmets in (or on) their heads, and five hundred horsemen chosen were ordained to (or for) each beast. [And they parted the beasts by legions; and to each elephant a thousand men stood nigh in mailed together habergeons, and brazen helmets in their heads, and five hundred chosen horsemen were ordained to each beast.]

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