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And when this saying pleased them all, Nabuchodonosor, the king, called Holofernes the general of his armies,
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And said to him: Go out against all the kingdoms of the west, and against them especially that despised my commandment.
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Thy eye shall not spare any kingdom, and all the strong cities thou shalt bring under my yoke.
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Then Holofernes called the captains and officers of the power of the Assyrians: and he mustered men for the expedition, as the king commanded him, a hundred and twenty thousand fighting men on foot, and twelve thousand archers, horsemen.
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And he made all his warlike preparations to go before with a multitude of innumerable camels, with all provisions sufficient for the armies in abundance, and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, without number.