Judith 2:26-28
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
26 He surrounded all the Midianites, burned their tents, and sacked their encampments.(A) 27 Descending to the plain of Damascus at the time of the wheat harvest, he set fire to all their fields, destroyed their flocks and herds, looted their cities, devastated their plains, and put all their young men to the sword.(B)
28 (C)Fear and dread of him fell upon all the inhabitants of the coastland, upon those in Sidon and Tyre,(D) and those who dwelt in Sur and Ocina, and the inhabitants of Jamnia. Those in Azotus and Ascalon also feared him greatly.[a]
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- 2:28 Symbolic of the completeness of the terror that descended on the area, seven towns are listed: Tyre, Sidon, Sur, Ocina, Jamnia, Ashdod, and Ashkelon.
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