Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Early the next morning, the king rapidly moved his army along the road to Beth Zechariah, where his troops took up battle positions and blew trumpets. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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 6:31And 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. 1 Maccabees 6:32 And Judas departed from the castle, and removed the camp to Bethzacharam, over against the king's camp. 1 Maccabees 6:34 And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries, to provoke them to fight. 1 Maccabees 6:35 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. Context 1 Maccabees 6…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.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 6:31 And 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. 1 Maccabees 6:32 And Judas departed from the castle, and removed the camp to Bethzacharam, over against the king's camp. 1 Maccabees 6:34 And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries, to provoke them to fight. 1 Maccabees 6:35 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. |