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Then the kings and the princes of all the cities and provinces, of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their ambassadors, who coming to Holofernes, said:
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Let thy indignation towards us cease: for it is better for us to live and serve Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subject to thee, than to die and to perish, or suffer the miseries of slavery.
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All our cities and our possessions, all mountains and hills, and fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of cheep, and goats, and horses, and camels, and all our goods, and families are in thy sight:
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Let all we have be subject to thy law.
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Both we and our children are thy servants.
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Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our service as it shall please thee.
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Then he came down from the mountains with horsemen, in great power, and made himself master of every city, and all the inhabitants of the land.
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And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen for war.