Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The huge animals were distributed among the infantry units. A thousand men, protected by chain armor and bronze helmets, were stationed with each elephant. Each animal was also accompanied by a special force of 500 cavalry, New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. 1 Maccabees 6:33And 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: 1 Maccabees 6:34 And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries, to provoke them to fight. 1 Maccabees 6:36 These before the time wheresoever the beast was they were there: and whithersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it. 1 Maccabees 6:37 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. Context 1 Maccabees 6…34And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries, to provoke them to fight. 35And 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. 36These before the time wheresoever the beast was they were there: and whithersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 6:33 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: 1 Maccabees 6:34 And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries, to provoke them to fight. 1 Maccabees 6:36 These before the time wheresoever the beast was they were there: and whithersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it. 1 Maccabees 6:37 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. |