2 Maccabees 5:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² And it came to pass that through the whole city of Jerusalem for the space of forty days there were seen horsemen running in the air, in gilded raiment, and armed with spears, like bands of soldiers.

³ And horses set in order by ranks, running one against another, with the shakings of shields, and a multitude of men in helmets, with drawn swords, and casting of darts, and glittering of golden armour, and of harnesses of all sorts.

⁴ Wherefore all men prayed that these prodigies might turn to good.