Judith 7:1-2

New Catholic Bible

Siege of Bethulia

Chapter 7

Holofernes’s Maneuvers To Blockade Bethulia. ¹ The following day Holofernes issued orders to his whole army and all the allies who had joined him to initiate action against Bethulia, seize the passes up into the hill country, and engage the Israelites in battle. ² That same day their troops went into action, an army numbering one hundred and seventy thousand infantry and twelve thousand cavalry, not to mention the baggage train and the foot soldiers charged with its maintenance—an immense multitude.