The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Judith 03
1 And they sent to him messengers with
words of peace, saying,
2 “Behold, we the servants of Nebuchadnezzar
the great king lie before you. Use us
as it is pleasing in your sight.
3 Behold, our dwellings, and all our
country, and all our fields of wheat, and
our flocks and herds, and all the sheepfolds
of our tents, lie before your face. Use
them as it may please you.
4 Behold, even our cities and those who
dwellinthemare your servants. Come and
deal with them as it is good in your eyes.”
5 So the men came to Holofernes, and
declared to him according to these words.
6 He came down toward the sea coast, he
and his army, and set garrisons in the high
cities, and took out ofthem chosen men for
allies.
7 They received him, they and all the
country round about them, with garlands
and dances and timbrels.
8 He cast down all their borders, and
cut down their sacred groves. It had been
given to him to destroy all the gods of the
land, that all the nations would worship
Nebuchadnezzar only, and that all their
tongues and their tribes would call upon
him as a god.
9 Then he came toward Esdraelon near
to Dotaea, which is opposite the great ridge
of Judea.
10 He encamped between Geba and
Scythopolis. He was there a whole month,
that he might gather together all the
baggage of his army