1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Judith 3:13 For Nabuchodonosor, the king, had commanded him to destroy all the gods of the earth, that he only might be called god by those nations which could be brought under him by the power of Holofernes.

Called. Greek, "Worshipped by all nations, and that all their tongues and tribes might call him god." (Haydock) --- Behold to what lengths ambition may be carried. If he had only claimed a place among the other pagan deities, his title was as good as theirs. (Calmet) --- He is a figure of Antichrist; for whom all heretics pave the way, 2 Thessalonians 2:(Worthington)