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It came to pass, when he had ended his counsel, Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his army, who was second to himself, and said to him,
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 4. Armies. Greek adds, “and the second after himself,” in the kingdom. Menochius.—Casaubon suspects that this drunkard was the king mentioned in history, as having lost the kingdom of Cappadocia, by attempting to introduce the dissolute feasts of Baccus. Polyb. xxxii. ap. Athen. x. 11.—He made his attack first upon this country, verse 13.
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