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Then Nebuchadnezzar fell into a violent rage against all that land, and swore by his throne and his kingdom that he would avenge himself on all the territories of Cilicia and Damascus and Syria, and also destroy with his sword all the inhabitants of Moab, Ammon, the whole of Judea, and those living anywhere in Egypt as far as the borders of the two seas. (Judith 1, 12)
Descending to the plain of Damascus at the time of the wheat harvest, he set fire to all their fields, destroyed their flocks and herds, despoiled their cities, devastated their plains, and put all their youths to the sword. (Judith 2, 27)
It was reported to Holofernes, commander-in-chief of the Assyrian army, that the Israelites were ready for battle, and had blocked the mountain passes, fortified the summits of all the higher peaks, and placed roadblocks in the plains. (Judith 5, 1)
Now when Achior had concluded his recommendation, all the people standing round about the tent murmured; and the officers of Holofernes and all the inhabitants of the seacoast and of Moab alike said he should be cut to pieces. (Judith 5, 22)
We will overwhelm them with it, and the mountains shall be drunk with their blood, and their plains filled with their corpses. Not a trace of them shall survive our attack: they shall utterly perish, says King Nebuchadnezzar, lord of all the earth; for he has spoken, and his words shall not remain unfulfilled. (Judith 6, 4)
Moab is my washbowl; upon Edom I cast my sandal. I will triumph over Philistia." (Psalms 60, 10)
The tents of Ishmael and Edom, the people of Moab and Hagar, (Psalms 83, 7)
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them. Then let all the trees of the forest rejoice (Psalms 96, 12)
Moab is my washbowl; upon Edom I cast my sandal; I will triumph over Philistia." (Psalms 108, 10)
Their whole rearguard fell by the sword, and they were pursued as far as Gazara and the plains of Judea, to Azotus and Jamnia. About three thousand of their men fell. (1 Maccabees 4, 15)
When the mountain growth is scorched with heat, and the flowering plains as though by flames, (Ecclesiasticus 43, 22)
But they shall swoop down on the foothills of the Philistines to the west, together they shall plunder the Kedemites; Edom and Moab shall be their possessions, and the Ammonites their subjects. (Isaiah 11, 14)
