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.
6 Your eye must not spare any kingdom, and all the fortified cities you will subjugate to me.'
7 Then Holofernes called the commanders and the magistrates of the army of the Assyrians. And he numbered men for the expedition, just as the king had instructed him: one hundred and twenty thousand foot-soldiers, and twelve thousand archers on horseback.
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