Judith 4:6

6 Also Joakim the high priest, who was in those days in Jerusalem, wrote to those who dwelt in Bethulia and Betomesthaim, which is over against Esdraelon toward the open country near to Dothan,

Judith 4:6 In-Context

4 Therefore they sent into all the borders of Samaria, and the villages, and to Beth-horon and Belmain and Jericho and to Choba and Aesora and to the valley of Salem,

5 and possessed for themselves beforehand all the tops of the high mountains, and fortified the villages that were in them, and laid up victuals for the provisions for war, for their fields were of late reaped.

6 Also Joakim the high priest, who was in those days in Jerusalem, wrote to those who dwelt in Bethulia and Betomesthaim, which is over against Esdraelon toward the open country near to Dothan,

7 charging them to keep the passages of the hill country, for through them there was an entrance into Judea, and it was easy to stop those who would come up, because the passage was narrow, for two men at the most.

8 And the children of Israel did as Joakim the high priest had commanded them, with the elders of all the people of Israel who dwelt at Jerusalem.