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On the second day Holofernes led out all his cavalry in full view of the Israelites in Bethulia,
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and examined the approaches to the city, and visited the springs that supplied their water, and seized them and set guards of soldiers over them, and then returned to his army.
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Then all the chieftains of the people of Esau and all the leaders of the Moabites and the commanders of the coastland came to him and said,
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"Let our lord hear a word, lest his army be defeated.
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For these people, the Israelites, do not rely on their spears but on the height of the mountains where they live, for it is not easy to reach the tops of their mountains.
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.