29. Mercenary forces also came to him from other kingdoms and from the islands of the seas.
30. His army numbered a hundred thousand footsoldiers, twenty thousand cavalry, and thirty-two elephants trained for war.
31. They passed through Idumea and camped before Beth-zur. For many days they attacked it; they constructed siege engines, but the besieged made a sortie and burned these, and they fought bravely.
32. Then Judas marched away from the citadel and moved his camp to Beth-zechariah, opposite the king’s camp.
33. The king, rising before dawn, moved his force hastily along the road to Beth-zechariah; and the troops prepared for battle and sounded the trumpet.