Judith 1:2LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 2 of 12

"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 on the square of them, each side was extended the space of twenty feet."
Judith 1:2

In context

1Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana,

2Of 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 on the square of them, each side was extended the space of twenty feet.

3And he made the gates thereof according to the height of the towers:

4And he gloried as a mighty one in the force of his army and in the glory of his chariots.

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