Judith 3:1

Verse 1. Kings. Greek “they sent to him ambassadors, with proposals for peace, saying: Behold we, the servants of Nabuchodonosor, the great king, lay before thee; use us as thou thinkest best,” and so forth These proposals were made by those on the sea-coast, from Sidon and Tyre to Ascalon, from whom Holofernes took “the choicest men,” being received with honour, verse 10. Bible.—Syria, and so forth These are not specified in the Greek.—Sobal, or Soba, (1 Kennicott. 14:47) near Damascus, where Ptolemy (v.) places Samoulis.—Lybia seems too remote, and had not been attacked: some therefore would read Lycia, or Lygia, (Herod. vii. 72.) or rather Lydia, ( Calmet.) which Holofernes had “cut in pieces,” according to the Greek. Calmet. 2:13. Bible.