Judith 5:4-6

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴ And why have they alone, of all who live in the west, refused to come out and meet me?”

Achior’s Report

⁵ Then Ach′ior, the leader of all the Am′monites, said to him, “Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of your servant, and I will tell you the truth about this people that dwells in the nearby mountain district. No falsehood shall come from your servant’s mouth. ⁶ This people is descended from the Chalde′ans.