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The Speech of Holofernes

When the noise of the crowd around the council had subsided, Holofernes spoke to Achior in front of the entire group, those from the Mediterranean coast, the Moabites, and the Ammonite mercenaries.[a]

Achior,[b] who do you think you are, acting like a prophet? Who are you to tell us not to go to war against the Israelites because some god will defend them? Nebuchadnezzar is our god, and that's all that matters. He will send his army and wipe these Israelites off the face of the earth. Their god can't help them. But we serve Nebuchadnezzar, and we will beat them as easily as if their whole army were one man. They will not be able to hold their ground against our cavalry;

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Footnotes

  1. Judith 6:1 the Ammonite mercenaries; some manuscripts do not have these words.
  2. Judith 6:2 Achior; some manuscripts add you and your hired soldiers from Ephraim; others add you and your mercenaries from Ammon.

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