Judith 2:19-21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 Then he and all his forces set out on their expedition in advance of King Nebuchadnezzar, to overrun all the lands of the western region with their chariots, cavalry, and picked infantry. 20 A huge, irregular force, too many to count, like locusts, like the dust of the earth, went along with them.(A)
21 After a three-day march[a] from Nineveh, they reached the plain of Bectileth, and camped opposite Bectileth near the mountains to the north of Upper Cilicia.
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- 2:21 A three-day march: no ancient army could have traveled three hundred miles from Nineveh to Cilicia in three days.
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