Judith 2:1
Good News Translation
In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, on the twenty-second day of the first month of that year, he and his advisers decided to carry out his threat to take revenge on all those countries that had refused to help him.

New Revised Standard Version
In the eighteenth year, on the twenty-second day of the first month, there was talk in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, about carrying out his revenge on the whole region, just as he had said.

Contemporary English Version
In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar's rule, on the twenty-second day of the first month, he and his officials decided to keep his promise and take revenge on the nations that had refused to help him fight Arphaxad.

New American Bible
In the eighteenth year, on the twenty-second day of the first month, there was a discussion in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, about taking revenge on all the land, as he had threatened.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, the two and twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he would revenge himself.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, the two and twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he would revenge himself.

Judith 1:11
But they all with one mind refused, and sent them back empty, and rejected them without honour.

Judith 1:12
Then king Nabuchodonosor being angry against all that land, swore by his throne and kingdom that he would revenge himself of all those countries.

Judith 2:2
And he called all the ancients, and all the governors, and his officers of war, and communicated to them the secret of his counsel:

Judith 2:3
And he said that his thoughts were to bring all the earth under his empire.

Context
Judith 2
1In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, the two and twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he would revenge himself. 2And he called all the ancients, and all the governors, and his officers of war, and communicated to them the secret of his counsel:…
Cross References
Judith 1:11
But they all with one mind refused, and sent them back empty, and rejected them without honour.

Judith 1:12
Then king Nabuchodonosor being angry against all that land, swore by his throne and kingdom that he would revenge himself of all those countries.

Judith 2:2
And he called all the ancients, and all the governors, and his officers of war, and communicated to them the secret of his counsel:

Judith 2:3
And he said that his thoughts were to bring all the earth under his empire.



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Judith 1:12
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