03.04 Inter-Testament Background (c. 400 B.C. – A.D. 30)

Bill Heinrich  -  Jan 18, 2016  -  Comments Off on 03.04 Inter-Testament Background (c. 400 B.C. – A.D. 30)

Unit 03

Historical Background

Chapter 04

Inter-Testament Background (c. 400 B.C. – A.D. 30)

 

03.04.00.A. A GREEK-SELEUCID WAR ELEPHANT IN BATTLE (2)

03.04.00.A. A GREEK-SELEUCID WAR ELEPHANT IN BATTLEArtist unknown. At the beginning of the Maccabean Revolt, the Greeks attacked the Jewish farmers with a professional army of 50,000 soldiers and 32 war elephants. During the battle, the Jewish leader “Eleazar … perceiving that one of the beasts (elephants) … was higher … and supposing that the king was upon him … crept under the elephant … and slew him: whereupon the elephant fell down upon him, and he died” (1 Macc. 6:43, 46). This was the last time elephants were used in military conflicts in Israel.

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