1 And so Arphaxad, king of the Medes, subjugated many nations under his authority, and he built a very powerful city, which he called Ecbatana.
2 From stones, cut and squared, he made its walls: seventy cubits in height and thirty cubits in breadth. And, in truth, he set its towers one hundred cubits in height.
3 In fact, at its corners, each side was extended for the space of twenty feet. And he set its gates according to the height of the towers.
4 And he glorified it, in its power, with the force of his army and with the glory of his chariots.
5 Thereafter, in the twelfth year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, who reigned in Nineveh the great city, fought against Arphaxad and prevailed over him:
6 in the great plain, which is called Ragae, near the Euphrates, and the Tigris, and the Hydaspes, at the encampment of Arioch, king of the Elymaeans.
7 Then the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar was exalted, and his heart was elevated. And he sent to all who dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Lebanon,
8 and to the nations that are in Carmel and Kedar, and to the inhabitants of Galilee, in the great plain of Esdrelon,
9 and to all who were in Samaria and across the river Jordan, even to Jerusalem and to all the land of Jesse, until one passes through to the borders of Ethiopia.
10 To all these, Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, sent messengers:
11 whom they all with one mind contradicted, and they sent them back empty, and they rejected them without honor.
12 Then king Nebuchadnezzar, being indignant against all that land, swore by his throne and his kingdom that he would defend himself against all those regions.
Versículos relacionados com Judith, 1:
The book of Judith is one of the Old Testament's Deuterocanonian books that tells the story of Judite, a brave widow who saved the city of Betulia from the invasion of the Assyrians. Chapter 1 of this book describes the invasion of the Assyrians led by Nebuchadnezzar and how they conquered several cities, including Israel. Here are five verses related to the topics covered in Judite 1:
Isaiah 10:5-6: "Woe to Assyria, the rod of my wrath, in whose hands is my indignation! Take the spoil, and put it to be stepped on the feet like the mud of the streets. " This verse talks about the punishment that God is bringing about Assyria, which is used as an instrument of divine wrath.
2 Kings 18:13: "And in the year fourth of King Hezekiah, rose Senaqueribe, king of Assyria, against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them." This verse describes how Assyria invaded and conquered the cities of Judah, including Jerusalem.
Isaiah 7:17: "The Lord shall come upon you, your people, and upon the house of your father, as they have never come from the day Efraim departed from Judah, that is, the king of Assyria. " This verse talks about the threat that Assyria represents to God's people and how they will face difficult days.
2 Kings 17:5-6: "Then he came against him Salmaneser, king of Assyria, and Hosea was subject to him and paid him tribute. But the king of Assyria found that Hosea conspired and sent messengers to only King of Egypt, and I no longer paid tribute to the Assyrian king, as he did annually. " This verse describes how the king of Israel, Hosea, submitted to Assyria and how it ended in conspiracy and betrayal.
2 Kings 17:18: "From what the Lord was very outrageous against Israel and removed them from before his face, and no other tribe was, but only that of Judah." This verse describes how Israel's infidelity and disobedience led to its divine punishment, resulting in its removal from the presence of the Lord.
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