1 Maccabees 6:31
Source: Septuagint
31These went through Idumea, and pitched against Beth-zur, which they assaulted many days, making engines; but they of Beth-zur came out, and burned them with fire, and fought valiantly.
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29There came also unto him from other kingdoms, and from isles of the sea, bands of hired soldiers.
30So that the number of his army was a hundred thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen, and two and thirty elephants exercised in battle.
— 1 Maccabees 6:31 —
32Upon this Judas removed from the tower, and pitched in Beth-zechariah, over against the king’s camp.
33Then the king rising very early marched fiercely with his host toward Beth-zechariah, where his armies made them ready to battle, and sounded the trumpets.