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Arphaxad's City

1 ARPHAXAD therefore king of the Medes had subdued many nations to his empire, and he built a most mighty city, which he called Ecbatanis,📜💬📚

2 of stones squared and hewed: he made walls thereof in height seventy cubits, and in breadth thirty cubits, and the towers thereof he made in height an hundred cubits.📜💬📚

3 But each side of them was in four square twenty foot long, and he made the gates thereof according to the height of the towers:📜💬📚

4 and he gloried as mighty in the force of his army, and in the glory of his chariots.📜💬📚

Nabuchodonosor Defeats Arphaxad

5 In the twelfth year of his reign: Nabuchodonosor the king of the Assyrians, who reigned in Ninive the great city, fought against Arphaxad, and overcame him📜💬📚

6 in the great field, which is called Ragau, about Euphrates, and Tigris, and Jadason in the field of Erioch the king of the Elicians.📜💬📚

Nabuchodonosor's Messengers Rejected

7 Then was the Kingdom of Nabuchodonosor exalted, and his heart was elevated: and he sent to all that dwelt in Cilicia and Damascus, and Libanus,📜💬📚

8 and to the nations, that are in Carmelus, and Cedar, and the inhabitants of Galilee in the great field of Esdrelon,📜💬📚

9 and to all that were in Samaria, and beyond the river Jordan even to Jerusalem, and all the land of Jesse till you come to the borders of Aethiopia.📜💬📚

10 To all these Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians sent messengers:📜💬📚

11 Who all with one mind said nay, and sent them back empty, and rejected them without honour.📜💬📚

Nabuchodonosor Vows Revenge