CHAP. III.
Many submit themselves to
Holofernes. He destroyeth
their cities, and their gods,
that Nabuchodonosor only
might be called god.
1 Then the kings and
the princes of all the
cities and provinces, of Syria.
Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal,
and Libya, and Cilicia sent
their embassadours, who coming
to Holofernes, said:
2 Let thy indignation towards
us cease: For it is better
for us to live and serve Nabuchodonosor
the great king,
and be subject to thee, than
-- --
to die and to perish, or suffer
the miseries of slavery.
3 All our cities and our
possessions, all mountains, and
hills, and fields, and herds of
oxen, and flocks of sheep, and
goats, and horses, and camels,
and all our goods, and families
are in thy sight:
4 Let all we have be subject
to thy law.
5 Both we, and our children
are thy servants.
6 Come to us a peaceable
Lord, and use our service, as
it shall please thee.
7 Then he came down from
the mountains with his horsemen
with a great army, and
made himself master of every
city, and all the inhabitants
of the land.
8 And from all the cities
he took auxiliaries valiant
men, and chosen for war.
9 And so great a fear lay
upon all those provinces, that
the inhabitants of all the cities,
both princes and nobles, as
well as the people went out
to meet him at his coming,
10 And received him with
garlands, and lights, and dances,
and timbrels, and flutes.
11 And though they did
these things they could not
for all that mitigate the fierceness
of his heart:
12 For he both destroyed
their cities, and cut down
their groves.
13 For Nabuchodonosor
the king had commanded him
to destroy all the gods of the
earth, that he only might be
called God by those nations,
which could be brought under
him by the power of Holofernes.
14 And when he had passed
through all Syria Sobal,
and all Apamea, and all Mesopotamia
he came to the Idumeans
into the land of Gabaa,
15 And he took possession
of their cities, and stayed there
for thirty days, in which days
he commanded all the troops
of his army to be united.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
