Judith 4:4

4 Therefore they sent into all the borders of Samaria, and the villages, and to Beth-horon and Belmain and Jericho and to Choba and Aesora and to the valley of Salem,

Judith 4:4 In-Context

2 Therefore they were exceedingly afraid of him, and were troubled for Jerusalem and for the temple of the Lord their God.

3 For they had newly returned from the captivity, and all the people of Judea had lately gathered together; and the vessels and the altar and the house were sanctified after the profanation.

4 Therefore they sent into all the borders of Samaria, and the villages, and to Beth-horon and Belmain and Jericho and to Choba and Aesora and to the valley of Salem,

5 and possessed for themselves beforehand all the tops of the high mountains, and fortified the villages that were in them, and laid up victuals for the provisions for war, for their fields were of late reaped.

6 Also Joakim the high priest, who was in those days in Jerusalem, wrote to those who dwelt in Bethulia and Betomesthaim, which is over against Esdraelon toward the open country near to Dothan,