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And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries to provoke them to fight.
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And they distributed the beasts by the legions: and there stood by every elephant a thousand men in coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads: and five hundred horsemen set in order were chosen for every beast.
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These before the time wheresoever the beast was, the were there: and withersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it.
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And upon the beast, there were strong wooden towers, which covered every one of them: and engines upon them: and upon every one thirty-two valiant men, who fought from above; and an Indian to rule the beast.
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And the rest of the horsemen he placed on this side and on that side at the two wings, with trumpets to stir up the army, and to hasten them forward that stood thick together in the legions thereof.
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Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold, and of brass, the mountains glittered therewith, and they shone like lamps of fire.
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And part of the king's army was distinguished by the high mountains, and the other part by the low places: and they marched on warily and orderly.
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And all the inhabitants of the land were moved at the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the armour, for the army was exceeding great and strong.
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And Judas and his army drew near for battle: and there fell of the king's army six hundred men.
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And Eleazar the son of Saura saw one of the beasts harnessed with the king's harness: and it was higher than the other beasts: and it seemed to him that the king was on it:
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And he exposed himself to deliver his people and to get himself an everlasting name.