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because this is the water source for all those who live in Bethulia. Thirst will be their undoing, and it will force them to surrender their city. In the meantime, we and our people will go up to occupy the tops of the nearby hills and set up guard, to make sure that no man leaves the city.
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Then they, their wives, and their children will wither with hunger in the streets where they live before a sword even comes near them.
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Thus you will repay them with evil because they rebelled and didn't welcome you peacefully."
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Their plan pleased Holofernes and his advisors, and he directed them to do as they had said.
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So the Ammonites together with five thousand Assyrians moved their camp to the valley and seized the Israelite water supply and springs.