Judith 1:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 Then Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, contacted all the inhabitants of Persia[a] and all who lived in the west, the inhabitants of Cilicia and Damascus, Lebanon and Antilebanon, and all who lived along the seacoast, 8 the peoples of Carmel, Gilead, Upper Galilee, and the vast plain of Esdraelon, 9 and all in Samaria and its cities, and west of the Jordan as far as Jerusalem, Bethany, Chelous, Kadesh,(A) and the river of Egypt; Tahpanhes,(B) Raamses, all the land of Goshen,
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- 1:7 Mention of Persia suggests a postexilic setting for the book, since this area would have been designated Media before the middle of the fifth century B.C.
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