1 Maccabees 6:29-31

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁹ Mercenary forces also came to him from other kingdoms and from islands of the seas. ³⁰ The number of his forces was one hundred thousand foot soldiers, twenty thousand horsemen, and thirty-two elephants accustomed to war. ³¹ They came through Idumea and encamped against Beth-zur, and for many days they fought and built engines of war; but the Jews^[a] sallied out and burned these with fire, and fought courageously.