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1 Maccabees 6:36-38
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 6:36-38
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
36 These took their position beforehand wherever the animal was; wherever it went, they went with it, and they never left it. 37 On the elephants[a] were wooden towers, strong and covered; they were fastened on each animal by special harness, and on each were four[b] armed men who fought from there and also its Indian driver. 38 The rest of the cavalry were stationed on either side, on the two flanks of the army, to harass the enemy while being themselves protected by the phalanxes.
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