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Unless you do something soon to prevent them, they'll do even worse things. Then you won't be able to stop them."
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The king was enraged when he heard this. He gathered all his chief political advisors, the commanders of his troops, and those with authority.
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Mercenary forces from other kingdoms and the Mediterranean islands also joined him.
30
The total number of his forces was one hundred thousand army troops and twenty thousand cavalry, with thirty-two elephants trained for war.
31
They came through Idumea and camped against Beth-zur. For many days, they fought and constructed war engines. But the Jews would go out and burn the war engines with fire and continued to fight bravely.