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Judith 4:2-4
New Catholic Bible
Judith 4:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 they were filled with unspeakable dread at his approach and greatly concerned over the fate of Jerusalem and of the temple of the Lord, their God. 3 For they had just returned from exile a short time before, and only recently had the people of Judea been gathered together, with the sacred vessels, the altar, and the temple reconsecrated after their profanation.[a] 4 Therefore, they notified the entire region of Samaria, Kona, Beth-horon, Belmain, and Jericho, Choba and Aesora, and the Valley of Salem.
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- Judith 4:3 See 1 Mac 4:36-61; 2 Mac 10:1-9. Against the chronology of things, the author places the return from the Exile and repopulation of Jerusalem (539–400 B.C.)—and apparently even the purification of the temple after the persecution of Antiochus IV Epiphanes—all within the lifetime of Nebuchadnezzar.
