Judith 1:13-15

Good News Translation

¹³ In the seventeenth year of his reign King Nebuchadnezzar led his army into battle against King Arphaxad. He defeated all of Arphaxad's forces, including his entire cavalry, and all his charioteers. ¹⁴ Then Nebuchadnezzar occupied all the towns in the land of Media and advanced against the city of Ecbatana. He captured the city's towers, looted its markets, and made that beautiful city a ruin. ¹⁵ He captured King Arphaxad in the mountains around Rages and killed him. After Arphaxad's death,