6
On the second day Holofernes led out all his cavalry in full view of the Israelites in Bethulia.
7
He reconnoitered the approaches to their town, and visited the springs that supplied their water; he seized them and set guards of soldiers over them, and then returned to his army.
8
Then all the chieftains of the Edomites and all the leaders of the Moabites and the commanders of the coastland came to him and said,
9
"Listen to what we have to say, my lord, and your army will suffer no losses.
10
This people, the Israelites, do not rely on their spears but on the height of the mountains where they live, for it is not easy to reach the tops of their mountains.
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