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Judith 5:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Judith 5:1-3
New Catholic Bible
A Council of War
Chapter 5
What People Is This? 1 Holofernes, the commander-in-chief of the Assyrian army, received the intelligence report that the Israelites had prepared for war, blockading the mountain passes, fortifying all the high peaks, and establishing barricades in the plains. 2 Filled with rage, he summoned all the princes of the Moabites, the generals of the Ammonites, and the governors of the coastal regions.[a] 3 “Tell me, you Canaanites,” he demanded, “what people is this that dwells in the hill country? What towns do they inhabit? How large is their army? Whence do they derive their power and strength? Who rules as their king and leads their army?
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- Judith 5:2 This verse refers to petty local rulers.
