Judith 1
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1IN the twelfth yere of the reigne of Nabuchodonosor, who reigned in Nineue the great citie (in the daies of Arphaxad, which reigned ouer the Medes in Ecbatane, 2And buylt in Ecbatane the walles rounde about, of hewen stone, thre cubites broad, and six cubites long, and made the height of the wall seuentie cubites, & the breadth thereof fiftie cubites, 3And made the towres thereof in the gates of it of an hundreth cubites, & the breadth thereof in the fundacion threscore cubites, 4And made the gates thereof, euen gates that were lifted vp on hie, seuentie cubites, & the breadth of them fortie cubites, for the going forthe of his mightie armies, and for the setting in aray of his fotemen) 5Euen in those daies, King Nabuchodonosor made warre with King Arphaxad in the great field, which is the field in the coastes of Ragau. 7And Nabuchodonosor King of the Assyrians sent vnto all that dwelt in Persia, & to all that dwelt in the West, & to those that dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Libanus and Antilibanus, and to all that dwelt vpon the sea coast, 8And to the people, that are in Carmel, & Galaad, and the hier Galile, and the great field of Esdrelam, 9And to all that were in Samaria, & the cities thereof, & beyonde Iorden vnto Ierusalem, & Betane, & Chellus, & Cades, & the riuer of Egypt, and Taphnes, and Ramesse and all the land of Gesem, 10Vnto one come to Tanis, & Memphis, & to all the inhabitants of Egypt, & to one come to the mountaines of Ethiopia. 11But all the inhabitants of this countrey did not passe for the commandement of Nabuchodonosor King of the Assyrians, nether wolde they come with him to the battel: for they did not feare him: yea, he was before them as one man: therefore they sent away his ambassadours from them without effect, and with dishonour. 12Therefore Nabuchodonosor was very angrie with all this countrey, and sware by his throne and kingdome that he wolde surely be auenged vpon all those coastes of Cilicia and Damascus, and Syria, and that he wolde slay with the sworde all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and all Iudea, and all that were in Egypt, til one come to the borders of the two seas. 13Then he marched in battel aray with his power against King Arphaxad in the seuententh yere, aud he preuailed in his battel: for he ouerthrewe all the power of Arphaxad, and all his horse men, and all his chariots. 14And he wanne his cities, and came vnto Ecbatane, and toke the towres, and spoiled the stretes thereof, and turned the beautie thereof into shame. 15He toke also Arphaxad in the mountaines of Ragau, & smote him through with his dartes and destroyed him vtterly that daye. 16So he returned afterwarde to Nineue, bothe he and all his companie with a verie great multitude of men of warre, and there he passed the time, and banketed, bothe he, and his armie an hundreth and twentie dayes.