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GRK Καὶ ἀπέστειλαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀγγέλους λόγοις εἰρηνικοῖς, λέγοντες,

KJV So they sent ambassadors unto him to treat of peace, saying,

2

GRK ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς οἱ παῖδες Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλέως μεγάλου παρακείμεθα ἐνώπιόν σου, χρῆσαι ἡμῖν καθὼς ἀρεστόν ἐστι τῷ προσώπῳ σου.

KJV Behold, we the servants of Nabuchodonosor the great king lie before thee; use us as shall be good in thy sight.

3

GRK Ἰδοὺ αἱ ἐπαύλεις ἡμῶν, καὶ πᾶν πεδίον πυρῶν, καὶ τὰ ποίμνια καὶ τὰ βουκόλια, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ μάνδραι τῶν σκηνῶν ἡμῶν παράκεινται πρὸ προσώπου σου· χρῆσαι καθʼ ὃ ἂν ἀρέσκῃ σοι.

KJV Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents lie before thy face; use them as it pleaseth thee.

4

GRK Ἰδοὺ καὶ αἱ πόλεις ἡμῶν, καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν αὐταῖς δοῦλοί σου εἰσίν· ἐλθὼν ἀπάντησον αὐταῖς ὡς ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου.

KJV Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy servants; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee.

5

GRK Καὶ παρεγένοντο οἱ ἄνδρες πρὸς Ὀλοφέρνην, καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν αὐτῷ κατὰ τὰ ῥήματα ταῦτα.

KJV So the men came to Holofernes, and declared unto him after this manner.

6

GRK Καὶ κατέβη ἐπὶ τὴν παραλίαν αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐφρούρησε τὰς πόλεις τὰς ὑψηλάς· καὶ ἔλαβεν ἐξ αὐτῶν εἰς συμμαχίαν ἄνδρας ἐπιλέκτους.

KJV Then came he down toward the sea coast, both he and his army, and set garrisons in the high cities, and took out of them chosen men for aid.

7

GRK Καὶ ἐδέξαντο αὐτὸν αὐτοὶ, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ περίχωρος αὐτῶν μετὰ στεφάνων καὶ χορῶν καὶ τυμπάνων.

KJV So they and all the country round about received them with garlands, with dances, and with timbrels.

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GRK Καὶ κατέσκαψε πάντα τὰ ὅρια αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ἄλση αὐτῶν ἐξέκοψε· καὶ ἦν δεδογμένον αὐτῷ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι πάντας τοὺς θεοὺς τῆς γῆς, ὅπως αὐτῷ μόνῳ τῷ Ναβουχοδονόσορ λατρεύσωσι πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ γλῶσσαι καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ αὐτῶν ἐπικαλέσωνται αὐτὸν εἰς θεόν.

KJV Yet he did cast down their frontiers, and cut down their groves: for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land, that all nations should worship Nabuchodonosor only, and that all tongues and tribes should call upon him as god.

9

GRK Καὶ ἦλθε κατὰ πρόσωπον Ἐσδρηλὼν πλησίον τῆς Δωταίας, ἥ ἐστιν ἀπέναντι τοῦ πρίονος τοῦ μεγάλου τῆς Ἰουδαίας.

KJV Also he came over against Esdraelon near unto Judea, over against the great strait of Judea.

10

GRK Καὶ κατεστρατοπέδευσεν ἀναμέσον Γαιβαὶ καὶ Σκυθῶν πόλεως, καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ μῆνα ἡμερῶν εἰς τὸ συλλέξαι πᾶσαν τὴν ἀπαρτίαν τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ.

KJV And he pitched between Geba and Scythopolis, and there he tarried a whole month, that he might gather together all the carriages of his army.