5. Yet they all seized their weapons, lighted fires on their towers, and kept watch throughout the night.
6. On the second day Holofernes led out all his cavalry in the sight of the Israelites who were in Bethulia.
7. He reconnoitered the ascents to their city and located their springs of water; these he seized, stationing armed detachments around them, while he himself returned to his troops.
8. All the rulers of the Edomites, all the leaders of the Moabites, together with the generals of the coastal region, came to Holofernes and said:
9. “Master, please listen to what we have to say, that there may be no losses among your forces.