Judith 4:1
Good News Translation
The people of Judah heard what Holofernes, the commander of King Nebuchadnezzar's armies, had done to the other nations. They heard how he had looted and destroyed all their temples,

New Revised Standard Version
When the Israelites living in Judea heard of everything that Holofernes, the general of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of the Assyrians, had done to the nations, and how he had plundered and destroyed all their temples,

Contemporary English Version
The Israelites living in Judea heard that General Holofernes of the Assyrian army had destroyed the places of worship in the surrounding nations and that he had stolen everything of value.

New American Bible
When the Israelites who lived in Judea heard of all that Holofernes, the ranking general of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians, had done to the nations, and how he had looted all their shrines and utterly destroyed them,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the children of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Juda, hearing these things, were exceedingly afraid of him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then the children of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Juda, hearing these things, were exceedingly afraid of him.

Judith 3:14
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,

Judith 3:15
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.

Judith 4:2
Dread and horror seized upon their minds, lest he should do the same to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, that he had done to other cities and their temples.

Judith 4:3
And they sent into all Samaria round about, as far as Jericho, and seized upon all the tops of the mountains:

Context
Judith 4
1Then the children of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Juda, hearing these things, were exceedingly afraid of him. 2Dread and horror seized upon their minds, lest he should do the same to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, that he had done to other cities and their temples.…
Cross References
Judith 3:14
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,

Judith 3:15
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.

Judith 4:2
Dread and horror seized upon their minds, lest he should do the same to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, that he had done to other cities and their temples.

Judith 4:3
And they sent into all Samaria round about, as far as Jericho, and seized upon all the tops of the mountains:



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Judith 3:15
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