en, and twenty thousand horsemen, and two and thirty
elephants exercised in battle.

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These went through Idumea, and pitched against Bethsura,
which they assaulted many days, making engines of war; but they
of Bethsura came out, and burned them with fire, and fought
valiantly.

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Upon this Judas removed from the tower, and pitched in
Bathzacharias, over against the king's camp.

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Then the king rising very early marched fiercely with his
host toward Bathzacharias, where his armies made them ready to
battle, and sounded the trumpets.

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And to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight,
they shewed them the blood of grapes and mulberries.

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Moreover they divided the beasts among the armies, and for
every elephant they appointed a thousand men, armed with coats
of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads; and beside
this, for every beast were ordained five hundred horsemen of the
best.

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These were ready at every occasion: wheresoever the beast
was, and whithersoever the beast went, they went also, neither
departed they from him.

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And upon the beasts were there strong towers of wood, which
covered every one of them, and were girt fast unto them with
devices: there were also upon every one two and thirty strong
men, that fought upon them, beside the Indian that ruled him.

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As for the remnant of the horsemen, they set them on this
side and that side at the two parts of the host giving them
signs what to do, and being harnessed all over amidst the ranks.

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Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold and brass,
the mountains glistered therewith, and shined like lamps of
fire.

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So part of the king's army being spread upon the high
mountains, and part on the valleys below, they marched on safely
and in order.

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Wherefore all that heard the noise of their multitude, and
the marching of the company, and the rattling of the harness,
were moved: for the army was very great and mighty.

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Then Judas and his host drew near, and entered into battle,
and there were slain of the king's army six hundred men.

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Eleazar also, surnamed Savaran, perceiving that one of the
beasts, armed with royal harness, was higher than all the rest,
and supposing that the king was upon him,

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Put himself in jeopardy, to the end he might deliver his
people, and get him a