14
Then they, their wives, and their children will wither with hunger in the streets where they live before a sword even comes near them.
15
Thus you will repay them with evil because they rebelled and didn't welcome you peacefully."
16
Their plan pleased Holofernes and his advisors, and he directed them to do as they had said.
17
So the Ammonites together with five thousand Assyrians moved their camp to the valley and seized the Israelite water supply and springs.
18
Meanwhile, the Edomites and the Ammonites went up and camped in the highlands opposite Dothan and sent some of their men to the south and the east to Egrebeh, which is near Chusi, beside the Mochmur ravine. The rest of the Assyrian army camped on the plain and covered the whole countryside, and their tents and baggage stretched out over a vast encampment. They were indeed a very great multitude.