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Give thanks, my soul, to the Lord, the Lord our God who has delivered Jerusalem, his own city, from all the afflictions she endured; (Tobit 13, 19)
Arphaxad, king of Media, the conqueror of many nations, built a princely city, which he called Ecbatana. (Judith 1, 1)
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)
and so with one voice they made appeal to the Lord, the God of Israel. Were they to see their children slaves, their women-folk allotted as spoil, their cities razed, their sanctuary profaned? Were they to become the scorn of the Gentiles? (Judith 4, 10)
it was but lately that they turned to their God again, and he reunited the scattered remnants of them. So they returned to these hills, and took possession anew of Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is. (Judith 5, 23)
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)
