Judith 1:6-8
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6 There rallied to him all the people of the hill country and all those who lived along the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the Hydaspes, and, on the plain, Arioch, king of the Elymeans. Thus many nations joined the forces of the Cheleoudites.[a](A)
Nebuchadnezzar Issues Ultimatum
7 Then Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, sent messengers to all who lived in Persia and to all who lived in the west, those who lived in Cilicia and Damascus, Lebanon and Antilebanon, and all who lived along the seacoast,(B) 8 and those among the nations of Carmel and Gilead, and Upper Galilee and the great plain of Esdraelon,(C)
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- 1.6 Syr: Gk Chaldeans
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