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But Holofernes destroyed all their places of worship and cut down their sacred trees. He had been ordered to destroy all the gods of the land so that all the nations and tribes would worship only Nebuchadnezzar and pray to him as a god.
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Then Holofernes passed through Jezreel Valley near Dothan, which faces the main ridge of the mountains of Judah,
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and set up camp between Geba and Scythopolis. He stayed there for a month in order to get supplies for his army.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.