Fondare 2177 Risultati per: King Ahasing
In the eighteenth year, on the twenty-second day of the first month, a rumour ran through the palace that Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians was to have his revenge on all the countries, as he had threatened. (Judith 2, 1)
It was then decreed that everyone should be put to death who had not answered the king's appeal. (Judith 2, 3)
When the council was over, Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians sent for Holofernes, general-in-chief of his armies and subordinate only to himself. He said to him, (Judith 2, 4)
'Thus speaks the Great King, lord of the whole world, "Go; take men of proven valour, about a hundred and twenty thousand foot soldiers and a strong company of horse with twelve thousand cavalrymen; (Judith 2, 5)
Every man received full rations and a generous sum of gold and silver from the king's purse. (Judith 2, 18)
He then set out for the campaign with his whole army, in advance of King Nebuchadnezzar, to overwhelm the whole western region with his chariots, his horsemen and his picked body of foot. (Judith 2, 19)
'We are servants of the great King Nebuchadnezzar; we lie prostrate before you. Treat us as you think fit. (Judith 3, 2)
When the Israelites living in Judaea heard how Holofernes, general-in-chief of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians, had treated the various nations, plundering their temples and destroying them, (Judith 4, 1)
'Men of Canaan,' he said, 'tell me: what people is this that occupies the hill-country? What towns does it inhabit? How large is its army? What are the sources of its power and strength? Who is the king who rules it and commands its army? (Judith 5, 3)
But the king of Egypt turned against them and exploited them by forcing them to make bricks; he degraded them, reducing them to slavery. (Judith 5, 11)
We shall burn them all. Their mountains will be drunk with their blood and their plains filled with their corpses. Far from being able to resist us, every one of them will die; thus says King Nebuchadnezzar, lord of the whole world. For he has spoken, and his words will not prove empty. (Judith 6, 4)
Please, please, God of my father, God of the heritage of Israel, Master of heaven and earth, Creator of the waters, King of your whole creation, hear my prayer. (Judith 9, 12)
