Judith 3:13LXX
Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 13 of 15
"For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him to destroy all the gods of the earth, that he only might be called God by those nations which could be brought under him by the power of Holofernes."
In context
11And though they did these things, they could not for all that mitigate the fierceness of his heart:
12For he both destroyed their cities and cut down their groves.
13For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him to destroy all the gods of the earth, that he only might be called God by those nations which could be brought under him by the power of Holofernes.
14And when he had passed through all Syria Sobal, and all Apamea, and all Mesopotamia, he came to the Idumeans into the land of Gabaa,
15And he took possession of their cities, and stayed there for thirty days, in which days he commanded all the troops of his army to be united.