Judith 1 - Common English Bible (CEB)

Nebuchadnezzar goes to war against Arphaxad

1 It was the twelfth year of the rule of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. In those days, Arphaxad ruled the Medes in Ecbatana. ²Arphaxad built walls around Ecbatana from cut stones that measured four and a half feet wide and nine feet long. The walls he built were one hundred five feet high and seventy-five feet wide. ³He built towers at the gates one hundred fifty feet high, with foundations that were ninety feet wide. ⁴He made its gates one hundred five feet high and sixty feet wide so that his mighty armies could march out in formation. ⁵In those days King Nebuchadnezzar fought against King Arphaxad in the great plain that is on the border with Ragau. ⁶And many people joined him—everyone who lived in the highlands, everyone who lived along the Euphrates, the Tigris, the Hydaspes, and on the plain of Arioch, king of the Elymeans. Many nations joined forces with the Assyrians.^[a]

Nebuchadnezzar’s ultimatum

⁷King Nebuchadnezzar of the Assyrians sent a message to everyone who lived in Persia, to everyone who lived in the west—those who lived in Cilicia, Damascus, Lebanon, and Anti-Lebanon, and everyone who lived along the seashore, ⁸and those among the nations of Carmel and Gilead, and upper Galilee and the great plain of Esdraelon, ⁹and everyone in Samaria and its cities, and beyond the Jordan as far as Jerusalem and Bethany and Chelous and Kadesh, and the river of Egypt, and Tahpanhes and Raamses, and all the land of Goshen, ¹⁰even beyond Tanis and Memphis, and everyone who lived in Egypt as far away as the border of Ethiopia. ¹¹But the people who lived in all those lands ignored the orders of King Nebuchadnezzar of the Assyrians. They didn’t join him in the war because they weren’t afraid of him and considered him to be nothing more than one man. So they sent away his messengers empty-handed and in disgrace.

Arphaxad defeated

¹²Nebuchadnezzar was very angry with the whole region. He swore by his throne and his kingdom that he would get revenge upon the entire region of Cilicia, Damascus, and Syria. He would kill them with his sword, as well as everyone living in Moab, including the children of Ammon, all of Judea, and everyone in Egypt, as far as the shores of the two seas. ¹³In the seventeenth year of his rule he marched his armies against King Arphaxad and defeated him in battle. He overpowered all of Arphaxad’s armies, all of his cavalry, and all of his chariots. ¹⁴He gained control of Arphaxad’s cities, marched as far as Ecbatana, captured its towers, looted the marketplace, and turned its glory into disgrace. ¹⁵He captured Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragau and stabbed him with spears, putting an end to him forever. ¹⁶Then he returned to Nineveh with all of his combined forces, a very large group of fighting men, where he and his army rested and feasted for one hundred twenty days.

Footnotes

Judith 1:6 Or Chaldeans

Judith 1 - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

1 And so Arphaxad, king of Medes, had made subject many folks to his empire; and he builded a full mighty city, which he called Ecbatana. [Arphaxad forsooth, king of Medes, had put under yoke many Gentiles to his empire; and he built up a city most mighty, that he called Ecbatana.] 2 Of square stone...
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Judith 1 - Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

Arphaxad Fortifies Ecbatana1 In the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnez′zar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nin′eveh, in the days of Arphax′ad, who ruled over the Medes in Ecbat′ana— 2 he is the king who built walls about Ecbat′ana with hewn stones three cubits thick and six...
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Judith 1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Judith 1 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Arphaxad Fortifies Ecbatana1 It was the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. In those days Arphaxad ruled over the Medes in Ecbatana. 2 He built walls around Ecbatana with hewn stones three cubits thick and six cubits long; he made ...
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Judith 1 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

Judith 1 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

Judith 1 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Arphaxad Fortifies Ecbatana1 It was the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. In those days Arphaxad ruled over the Medes in Ecbatana.(A)2 He built walls around Ecbatana with hewn stones three cubits thick and six cubits long; he made...
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Judith 1 - New Catholic Bible (NCB)

The Assyrian Threat[a]Fall of the Empire of the MedesChapter 1[b]War against the Medes. 1 It was the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar,[c] who ruled the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. During that period Arphaxad ruled over the Medes in Ecbatana, 2 and he completely encircled this ...
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Judith 1 - New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

I. Assyrian Threat[a]Chapter 1Nebuchadnezzar Against Arphaxad.[b] 1 It was the twelfth year[c] of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. At that time Arphaxad was ruling over the Medes in Ecbatana.(A) 2 [d]Around Ecbatana he built a wall of hewn ston...
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Judith 1 - Good News Translation (GNT)

The War between Nebuchadnezzar and Arphaxad1 While King Nebuchadnezzar was ruling over the Assyrians from his capital city of Nineveh, King Arphaxad ruled over the Medes from his capital city of Ecbatana. 2 Around Ecbatana King Arphaxad built a wall 105 feet high and 75 feet thick of cut stones; eac...
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Judith 1 - Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)

1 Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana, 2 Of stones squared and hewed: he made the walls thereof seventy cubits broad, and thirty cubits high, and the towers thereof he made a hundred cubits high. But o...
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