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Mail-clad soldiers stand beside the elephants with spears, shields, and bronze helmets.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 6

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 6:35

    Elephants Among the Units

    The King Dies and the Oath Is Broken · 1 Maccabees 6

    Story guide: Mail-clad infantry stand beside the elephants while picked horsemen gather with them in assigned units.

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    35And they divided the beasts among the units, and beside each elephant they stationed a thousand men in coats of mail, with bronze helmets on their heads, and five hundred picked horsemen assigned to each beast.

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