Bible Verses

Then, men, women, young people, and children gathered and accused Uzziah and the town’s leaders. They called out loudly and said before all the elders:

The small children grew too weak to stand from thirst; the women and young people collapsed in the streets and doorways of the town.

The inhabitants of Bethulia saw the water jars emptying and the wells drying up, so they had to ration their drinking water each day.

The Assyrian army, including foot soldiers, chariots, and horsemen, surrounded them for thirty-four days.

Disheartened, the people of Israel called on the Lord their God because their enemies had surrounded them and cut off all escape routes.

The Edomites and the Ammonites climbed up and camped on the mountain near Dothan. They sent some of their men to the south and east, facing Egrebel, near Chusi, which is on the torrent of Mochmur. The rest of the Assyrian army camped in the plain, covering the countryside. Their tents filled the campsite, and

The Moabites, with five thousand Assyrians, set up camp; they established their position in the valley and cut off the springs and water supply to the Israelites.

This advice pleased Holofernes and all his officers, and he agreed to follow their instructions.

So you will have punished them harshly for rebelling and refusing to meet with you to offer peace.”

The famine will wipe them out; men, women, and children will be lying dead in the streets of their town before the sword is ever raised against them.