3 Beside each gate into the city, he built a tower 44.5 meters tall with a base that was 27 meters wide.
4 Each gate had an opening 31 meters high and 18 meters wide—big enough for his powerful army to march out in rows on its way into battle.
5 In that same year, Nebuchadnezzar went to war against Arphaxad in the large valley near the city of Ragau.
6 Many other nations sent their armies to help Nebuchadnezzar fight Arphaxad, including those from the mountains south of Ecbatana, those living along the Euphrates, the Tigris, and the Hydaspes Rivers, as well as those from the valley ruled by King Arioch of Elam. This large and powerful army went with Nebuchadnezzar into battle against Arphaxad.
7 Nebuchadnezzar sent messengers to ask the people of nearby regions and cities to join him in this battle. His messengers went to the Persians and to regions west of Assyria, including Cilicia, Damascus, Lebanon, and Anti-Lebanon. They also went to the people who lived along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
8 and to those living in the regions of Carmel, Gilead, northern Galilee, and Jezreel Valley.
9 Nebuchadnezzar even asked the people from the city of Samaria and its nearby towns, as well as those from Jerusalem, Bethany, Chelous, Kadesh, and those living as far west as the Nile River. His messengers went all the way to the Egyptian region of Goshen, including the cities of Tahpanhes, Raamses,