1 Maccabees 6:32LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 32 of 63

"And Judas departed from the castle, and removed the camp to Bethzacharam, over against the king’s camp."
1 Maccabees 6:32

In context

30And the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen, and thirty-two elephants, trained to battle.

31And they went through Idumea, and approached to Bethsura, and fought many days, and they made engines: but they sallied forth and burnt them with fire, and fought manfully.

32And Judas departed from the castle, and removed the camp to Bethzacharam, over against the king’s camp.

33And the king rose before it was light, and made his troops march on fiercely towards the way of Bethzacharam: and the armies made themselves ready for the battle, and they sounded the trumpets:

34And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries to provoke them to fight.

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