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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.