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1 Maccabees 6:29-31
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 6:29-31
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
29 Mercenary forces also came to him from other kingdoms and from islands of the seas.(A) 30 The number of his forces was one hundred thousand foot soldiers, twenty thousand horsemen, and thirty-two elephants accustomed to war.(B) 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.(C)
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