Judith 2:4-6

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁴ When he had completed his plan, Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, called Holofernes, the chief general of his army, second only to himself, and said to him, ⁵ ‘Thus says the Great King, the lord of the whole earth: Leave my presence and take with you men confident in their strength, one hundred and twenty thousand foot-soldiers and twelve thousand cavalry. ⁶ March out against all the land to the west, because they disobeyed my orders.