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Arphaxad, king of Media, the conqueror of many nations, built a princely city, which he called Ecbatana. (Judith 1, 1)
and at the foot of them he set gates to match their height.✻ (Judith 1, 3)
Then he broke into the city of Melothi, that resisted him stubbornly, and ravaged all the country which belonged to the sons of Tharsis, and to the Ismaelites, facing the desert, to the south of Cellon. (Judith 2, 13)
And now from every city and province, from the Syrians of Mesopotamia and Sobal and from (Libya✻ and) Cilicia, king and chieftain sent envoys to Holofernes. (Judith 3, 1)
Then, with his horsemen and all his armed strength, he came down from the hill-country and made city and citizen his own, (Judith 3, 7)
Garb of sackcloth the priests wore, and bade the very infants lie prostrate before the temple gates; in sackcloth they veiled the Lord’s own altar; (Judith 4, 9)
Holofernes, looking for a devious path to circumvent them, came upon the springs which fed their aqueduct, south of the city and beyond its enclosure; so he gave orders that their supply of water should be cut off. (Judith 7, 6)
Wouldst thou defeat them without battle joined? Then set a guard over these springs of theirs, and let them draw water no longer. Either thou wilt compass their deaths, and no blood shed, or, worn down at last, they will yield into thy hands the city they think impregnable. (Judith 7, 9)
This Judith, then, when she heard how Ozias had promised to surrender the city in five days’ time, would have two of the elders, Chabri and Charmi, pay her a visit.✻ (Judith 8, 9)
And thus she greeted them, Is it true Ozias has promised he will hand the city over to the Assyrians, if in five days no rescue comes to you? (Judith 8, 10)
When they reached the gates, they found Ozias and the elders of the city awaiting them there; (Judith 10, 6)
A Hebrew, she said, but I have given my fellow-countrymen the slip, well knowing that the city must fall into your hands. Why did they defy you, and refuse to surrender, instead of throwing themselves on your mercy? (Judith 10, 12)
