1 Maccabees 6:35-37
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
35 They distributed the animals among the phalanxes; with each elephant they stationed a thousand men armed with coats of mail, and with brass helmets on their heads; and five hundred picked horsemen were assigned to each beast. 36 These took their position beforehand wherever the animal was; wherever it went, they went with it, and they never left it. 37 On the elephants[a] were wooden towers, strong and covered; they were fastened on each animal by special harness, and on each were four[b] armed men who fought from there, and also its Indian driver.
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- 1 Maccabees 6:37 Gk them
- 1 Maccabees 6:37 Cn: Some authorities read thirty; others thirty-two
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