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and distributed them among the battalions: one thousand men in coat of mail and bronze helmet lined up at the side of each elephant. (1 Maccabees 6, 35)
A cavalry of five hundred picked horsemen went before each elephant and accompanied it with the order not to separate from it. (1 Maccabees 6, 36)
A strong wooden tower was fixed to each elephant by means of leather straps, and four warriors including the driver were on the tower. (1 Maccabees 6, 37)
He reached the elephant, darted in under it, and stabbed it in the belly. The elephant collapsed on top of him and he died on the spot. (1 Maccabees 6, 46)
He gave his men this watchword: "God's victory." With the most capable young men of his army he attacked by night the tent of the king, putting to the sword about two thousand men, the strongest elephant and its rider. (2 Maccabees 13, 15)
