Judith 2:3 CPDV

¹  In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, on the twenty-second day of the first month, the word went forth from the house of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, that he would defend himself.

²  And he called all the native leaders, and all the commanders, and his officers of war, and he met with them in his secret council.

³  And he said to them that his thoughts were to subjugate all the earth to his authority.

⁴  And when this saying pleased them all, king Nebuchadnezzar called Holofernes, the leader of his military.

⁵  And he said to him: 'Go out against all the kingdoms of the west, and against those in particular who showed contempt for my authority.