2
"Behold, we the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, the Great King, lie prostrate before you. Do with us whatever you will.
3
Behold, our buildings, and all our land, and all our wheat fields, and our flocks and herds, and all our sheepfolds with their tents, lie before you; do with them whatever you please.
4
Our cities also and their inhabitants are your slaves; come and deal with them in any way that seems good to you."
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 hilltop cities and took picked men from them as his allies.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.