ome to the sea.

Jdt 2:25
And he took the borders of Cilicia, and killed all that
resisted him, and came to the borders of Japheth, which were
toward the south, over against Arabia.

Jdt 2:26
He compassed also all the children of Madian, and burned up
their tabernacles, and spoiled their sheepcotes.

Jdt 2:27
Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of
wheat harvest, and burnt up all their fields, and destroyed
their flocks and herds, also he spoiled their cities, and
utterly wasted their countries, and smote all their young men
with the edge of the sword.

Jdt 2:28
Therefore the fear and dread of him fell upon all the
inhabitants of the sea coasts, which were in Sidon and Tyrus,
and them that dwelt in Sur and Ocina, and all that dwelt in
Jemnaan; and they that dwelt in Azotus and Ascalon feared him
greatly.

Jdt 3:1
So they sent ambassadors unto him to treat of peace, saying,

Jdt 3:2
Behold, we the servants of Nabuchodonosor the great king lie
before thee; use us as shall be good in thy sight.

Jdt 3:3
Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of
wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents
lie before thy face; use them as it pleaseth thee.

Jdt 3:4
Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy
servants; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee.

Jdt 3:5
So the men came to Holofernes, and declared unto him after
this manner.

Jdt 3:6
Then came he down toward the sea coast, both he and his army,
and set garrisons in the high cities, and took out of them
chosen men for aid.

Jdt 3:7
So they and all the country round about received them with
garlands, with dances, and with timbrels.

Jdt 3:8
Yet he did cast down their frontiers, and cut down their
groves: for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land,
that all nations should worship Nabuchodonosor only, and that
all tongues and tribes should call upon him as god.

Jdt 3:9
Also he came over against Esdraelon near unto Judea, over
against the great strait of Judea.

Jdt 3:10
And he pitched between Geba and Scythopolis, and there he
tarried a whole month, that he might gather together all the
carriages of his army.

Jdt 4:1
Now the children of Israel, that dwelt in Judea, heard all
that Holofernes the chief captain of Nabuchodonosor king of the
Assyrians had done to the nations, and after what manner he had
spoiled all their temples, and brought them to noug