Then Nebuchadnezzar became very angry with this whole region and swore by his throne and kingdom that he would take revenge on the whole territory of Cilicia and Damascus and Syria, that he would kill with his sword also all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, and the people of Ammon, and all Judea, and every one in Egypt, as far as the coasts of the two seas.

In great anger he called together all the princes of Moab and the commanders of Ammon and all the governors of the coastland

When Achior had finished saying these things, all the people standing around the tent began to complain; Holofernes’s officers and all the inhabitants of the seacoast and Moab insisted that he should be cut to pieces.

Then all the chieftains of the Edomites and all the leaders of the Moabites and the commanders of the coastland came to him and said,