He gave out to his men the watchword, “VICTORY IS GOD’S”, with a chosen force of the bravest young men he attacked the king’s pavilion by night, and killed of his army as many as two thousand men, and brought down the leading elephant with him who was in the tower on him.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. Watchword that night. Worthington.—He usually gave some pious sentence. Calmet. 7:23.—Quarter. Lit. “hall,” ( Bible.) a prætorium, or tent.—Four. Some Greek and Lat. copies have “two.” Syr. “three,” though the old edit. of the Vulg. read, 14,000.—Greatest, carrying thirty-two men. 1 B. 6:37. Greek also, “the chief over the elephants, with all his troops in the house,” ( Bible.) or the servants. Calmet.—Prot. “will all that were upon him.” Bible.—This office was very considerable. Calmet. 14:12. Grot. Calmet.
The Greek text here is probably corrupt.
Greek house.