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His forces numbered a hundred thousand foot soldiers, twenty thousand cavalry and thirty-two elephants with experience of battle conditions. (1 Maccabees 6, 30)
They advanced through Idumaea and besieged Beth-Zur, pressing the attack for days on end; they also constructed siege-engines, but the defenders made a sortie and set these on fire, putting up a brave resistance. (1 Maccabees 6, 31)
The king rose at daybreak and marched his army at top speed down the road to Beth-Zechariah, where his forces took up their battle formations and sounded the trumpets. (1 Maccabees 6, 33)
The elephants were given a syrup of grapes and mulberries to prepare them for the battle. (1 Maccabees 6, 34)
These animals were distributed among the phalanxes, to each elephant being allocated a thousand men dressed in coats of mail with bronze helmets on their heads; five hundred picked horsemen were also assigned to each beast. (1 Maccabees 6, 35)
The horsemen anticipated every move their elephant made; wherever it went they went with it, never quitting it. (1 Maccabees 6, 36)
The remainder of the cavalry was stationed on one or other of the two flanks of the army, to harass the enemy and cover the phalanxes. (1 Maccabees 6, 38)
When the sun glinted on the bronze and golden shields, the mountains caught the glint and gleamed like fiery torches. (1 Maccabees 6, 39)
One part of the royal army was deployed on the upper slopes of the mountain and the other in the valley below; they advanced in solid, well-disciplined formation. (1 Maccabees 6, 40)
Everyone trembled at the noise made by this vast multitude, the thunder of the troops on the march and the clanking of their armour, for it was an immense and mighty army. (1 Maccabees 6, 41)
He granted peace terms to the people of Beth-Zur, who evacuated the town; it lacked store of provisions to withstand a siege, since the land was enjoying a sabbatical year. (1 Maccabees 6, 49)
He besieged the sanctuary for a long time, erecting batteries and siege-engines, flame-throwers and ballistas, scorpions to discharge arrows, and catapults. (1 Maccabees 6, 51)
