2 Maccabees 5:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² It then happened that all over the city, for almost forty days, there were apparitions of horsemen clad in gold galloping through the air, companies fully armed with lances and drawn swords— ³ squadrons of cavalry in battle order, charges and counter-charges in this direction and that, with brandished shields, massed spears, and hurled javelins, and gold accoutrements and armor of all kinds glittering brightly. ⁴ Therefore, everyone prayed that these apparitions might prove to be a good omen.