Equip the elephants now once more for the destruction of the Jews tomorrow!: For the problem regarding the Greek verb rendered Equip (literally “Arm”), see the comments on verse 23. A possible model for this verse is “Get those elephants ready again! We are going to kill those Jews tomorrow!”

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 3-4 Maccabees. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2018. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.