Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:
It was reported to Holofernes, commander of the Assyrian army, that the people of Israel had prepared for war, had closed off the mountain passes, fortified every high hilltop, and set up obstacles in the plains.
