Judith 1 — WBMSE
1Verse 1And so Arphaxad, king of Medes, had made subject many folks to his empire; and he builded a full mighty city, which he called Ecbatana.Verse 2Of square stones and carved [or hewn] he made the walls thereof, in the height of threescore cubits and ten [or seventy cubits], and in the breadth of thirty cubits. And he set the towers thereof in the height of an hundred cubits.Verse 3And by the squareness of the towers ever either side was stretched forth, by [or in] the space of twenty feet; and he set the gates of that city in (or to) the height of those towers.Verse 4And he had glory, as a mighty man in the power of his host, and in the glory of his chariots [or his four-horsed carts].Verse 5Therefore Nebuchadnezzar, king of Assyrians, that reigned in the great city Nineveh, in the twelfth year of his realm he fought against Arphaxad, and he got, or took, Arphaxad in a great field,Verse 6that was called Ragau, beside the flood (s), (or the rivers), of Euphrates, and Tigris, and Hydaspes, in the field of Arioch, the king of Elamites.Verse 7Then the realm of Nebuchadnezzar was enhanced (or exalted), and his heart was raised (up)into pride; and he sent to all men, that dwelled in Cilicia, and in Damascus, and in Lebanon,Verse 8and to (the) folks, that were in Carmel, and in Gilead, and to men dwelling in Galilee, and in the great field of Esdraelon,Verse 9and to all men [or to all], that were in Samaria, and beyond the flood (or the river) of Jordan, unto Jerusalem; and to all the land of Goshen, till that men come to the hills of Ethiopia.Verse 10To all these men, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Assyrians, sent messengers;Verse 11and all these (men) against-said with one will, and they sent (back) again his messengers void, and they casted them away without honour.Verse 12Then Nebuchadnezzar was wroth to all that land, and he swore by his realm and by his throne, that he would defend him(self) from all these countries [or regions], that is, (that he would) assail all those countries.