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Eleazar watches a large bronze-armored elephant advancing with two smaller beasts.
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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 6:43

    Eleazar Sees the Royal Beast

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

    Story guide: Eleazar studies an elephant whose conspicuous bronze armor and covered tower suggest a royal presence.

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    43And Eleazar the Avaran saw one of the beasts armored with royal breastplates, and it towered above all the beasts, and it appeared that the king was on it.

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