1 Maccabees 6:35-37

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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.

³⁶ These before the time wheresoever the beast was, the were there: and withersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it.

³⁷ And upon the beast, there were strong wooden towers, which covered every one of them: and engines upon them: and upon every one thirty-two valiant men, who fought from above; and an Indian to rule the beast.