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Judith 1:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Judith 1:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 In those days, King Nebuchadnezzar waged war against King Arphaxad in the vast plain of the district of Regau. 6 Coming to his support were all the inhabitants of the hill country, all who dwelt along the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the Hydaspes,[a] and from the plain, Arioch, king of the Elamites. Thus many nations banded together to confront the forces of the Cheleoud.
Nebuchadnezzar’s Message to Many Peoples. 7 Then Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, sent messengers to all the inhabitants of Persia, and to all who lived in the west: those who dwelt in Cilicia and Damascus, Lebanon and Anti-lebanon, to all who lived along the seacoast,
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- Judith 1:6 Hydaspes is probably the result of a confusion with the well-known Hydaspes in India; it could refer to the Choaspes River, which flowed through Susa, or the Ulai, which flowed past it. The Elamites were found in the eastern province of the Persian Empire (see 1 Mac 6:1).
