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.
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