1 And they sent to him messengers with words of peace, saying,
2 Behold, we the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the great king lie before you: use us as it is pleasing in your sight.
3 Behold, our dwellings, and all our country, and all our fields of wheat, and our flocks and herds, and all the sheepcotes of our tents, lie before your face: use them as it may please you.
4 Behold, even our cities and they that dwell in them are your servants: come and deal with them as it is good in your eyes.
5 And the men came to Holofernes, and declared to him according to these words.