Judith 2:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 When he had fully recounted his plan, Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, summoned Holofernes, the ranking general[a] of his forces, second only to himself in command, and said to him: 5 “Thus says the great king, the lord of all the earth: Go forth from my presence, take with you men of proven valor, one hundred and twenty thousand infantry and twelve thousand cavalry,(A) 6 and proceed against all the land of the west, because they disobeyed the order I issued.
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