Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation who abandoned the ways of their ancestors in order to worship the God of heaven. Finally, they were driven out of their land because they refused to worship their ancestors' gods. Then they fled to Mesopotamia, where they settled and lived for a long time. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans. Judith 5:5Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said; If thou vouchsafe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth. Judith 5:6 This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans. Judith 5:8 Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods, Judith 5:9 They worshipped one God of heaven, who also commanded them to depart from thence, and to dwell in Charan. And when there was a famine over all the land, they went down into Egypt, and there for four hundred years were so multiplied, that the army of them could not be numbered. Context Judith 5…6This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans. 7They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans. 8Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods,… Cross References Judith 5:5 Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said; If thou vouchsafe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth. Judith 5:6 This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans. Judith 5:8 Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods, Judith 5:9 They worshipped one God of heaven, who also commanded them to depart from thence, and to dwell in Charan. And when there was a famine over all the land, they went down into Egypt, and there for four hundred years were so multiplied, that the army of them could not be numbered. |