Judith 2:3-5

Common English Bible

³ They determined to destroy everyone who hadn’t obeyed his command.^[a]

⁴ When he finished laying out his plan, King Nebuchadnezzar of the Assyrians called for Holofernes, the general of his army and next in charge after the king himself. The king said to him, ⁵ “The great king, the master of all the earth, says that you will leave my presence and take with you men who are sure of their own strength, one hundred twenty thousand infantry and twelve thousand cavalry.