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Elephant
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
ELEPHANT . Job 40:16 AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] , but RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] correctly ‘hippopotamus’ (see Behemoth). The use of elephants in warfare is frequently noticed in the Books of Maccabees ( e.g. 1Ma 3:34; 1Ma 6:30; 1Ma 8:6; 1Ma 11:56 , 2Ma 11:4; 2Ma 13:15 ). See also Ivory.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Elephant'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/e/elephant.html. 1909.