The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Judith 01
Judith is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic,
Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox
Churches.
1 In the twelfth year of the reign of
Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the
Assyrians in Nineveh, the great city,
in the days of Arphaxad, who reigned
over the Medes in Ecbatana,
2 and built around Ecbatana walls of
hewn stones three cubits broad and six
cubits long, and made the height of the
wall seventy cubits, and its breadth fifty
cubits,
3 and set its towers at its gates one hundred
cubits high, and its breadth in the
foundation was sixty cubits,
4 and made its gates, even gates that
were raised to the height of seventy
cubits, and their breadth forty cubits, for his
mighty army to go out of, and the setting in
array of his footmen
5 in those days King Nebuchadnezzar
made war with King Arphaxad in the great
plain. This plain is on the borders of Ragau.
6 There came to meet him all that lived
in the hill country, and all that lived
by Euphrates, Tigris, and Hydaspes, and in the
plain of Arioch the king of the Elymaeans.
Many nations of the sons of Chelod assembled
themselves to the battle.
7 And Nebuchadnezzar king ofthe Assyrians
sent to all who lived in Persia, and to
all who lived westward, to those who lived
in Cilicia, Damascus, Libanus, Antilibanus,
and to all who lived along the sea coast,
8 and to those among the nations that
were of Carmel and Gilead, and to the
higher Galilee and the great plain of Esdraelon,
9 and to all who were in Samaria and
its cities, and beyond Jordan to Jerusalem,
Betane, Chellus, Kadesh, the river of Egypt,
Tahpanhes, Rameses, and all the land of
Goshen,
10 until you come above Tanis and Memphis,
and to allthatlived inEgypt, until you
come to the borders of Ethiopia.
11 All those who lived in all the land
made light of the commandment of Nebuchadnezzar
king of the Assyrians, and didn’t go with
him to the war; for they were not afraid
of him, but he was before them as one man.
They turned away his messengers from
their presence without effect, and with disgrace.
12 And Nebuchadnezzar was exceedingly angry
with allthis land, and he swore
by his throne and kingdom that he would
surely be avenged upon all the coasts of
Cilicia, Damascus, and Syria,that he would
kill with his sword all the inhabitants of
the land of Moab, the children of Ammon,
all Judea, and all who were in Egypt, until
you come to the borders of the two seas.
13 And he set the battle in array with
his army against King Arphaxad in the
seventeenth year; and he prevailed in his
battle, and turned to flight all the army of
Arphaxad, with all his horses and all his
chariots.
14 He took possession of his cities. He
came to Ecbatana and took the towers,
plunderedits streets, andturneditsbeauty
into shame.
15 He took Arphaxad in the mountains of
Ragau, struck him through with his darts,
and utterly destroyed him to this day.
16 He returned with them to Nineveh, he
and all his company of sundry nations—
an exceedingly great multitude of men of
war. There he took his ease and banqueted,
he and his army, for one hundred twenty days.