OLD TESTAMENT

Judith 7:11

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And now, my lord, don’t fight against them as men fight who join battle, and there will not so much as one man of your people perish.

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Verse 11. Days. Greek “and all the collection of the Assyrians continued round them … thirty-four days.” Bible.—Old Vulg. “twenty-four days.” Syr. “two months and four days.”—Measure. Greek adds, “the infants, women, and young men fainted, and fell down dead.” Bible.

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