Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The Peace Delegation to King
Nebuchadnezzar
1 All these nations sent a peace
delegation to King Nebuchadnezzar
with this message:
2 “We remain
loyal to you, great King Nebuchadnezzar;
we are ready to serve
you and obey any command that
you may wish to give us.
3 Our buildings,
all our land, our wheat fields,
-- --
our livestock, and our tents are at
your disposal; use them in any way
you wish.
4 Our people will be your
slaves, and you may use our towns
as you please.”
5 After the peace delegation had
brought this message,
6 Holofernes
led Nebuchadnezzar's army down to
the Mediterranean coast. He stationed
guards in all the walled towns
and selected certain local men in
each of the towns as reserve troops.
7 The people in the towns and in the
surrounding countryside welcomed
Holofernes by wearing wreaths of
flowers and dancing to the beat of
drums.
8 But Holofernes destroyed
all their places of worship note and cut
down their sacred trees. He had
been ordered to destroy all the gods
of the land so that all the nations and
tribes would worship only Nebuchadnezzar
and pray to him as a
god. note
9 Then Holofernes passed through
Jezreel Valley near Dothan, which
faces the main ridge of the mountains
of Judah,
10 and set up camp
between Geba and Scythopolis. He
stayed there for a month in order to
get supplies for his army.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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