Judith 3:1-6

1 They therefore sent messengers to him to sue for peace in these words:

2 "We, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, the Great King, lie prostrate before you. Do with us whatever you will.

3 See, our buildings and all our land and all our wheat fields and our flocks and herds and all our encampments lie before you; do with them as you please.

4 Our towns and their inhabitants are also your slaves; come and deal with them as you see fit."

5 The men came to Holofernes and told him all this.

6 Then he went down to the seacoast with his army and stationed garrisons in the fortified towns and took picked men from them as auxiliaries.