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.

1 Maccabees 6:33
And 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:

1 Maccabees 6:34
And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries, to provoke them to fight.

1 Maccabees 6:36
These before the time wheresoever the beast was they were there: and whithersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it.

1 Maccabees 6:37
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.