Good News Translation
The High Priest Joakim, who was in Jerusalem at that time, wrote to the people in the towns of Bethulia and Betomesthaim, which face Jezreel Valley near Dothan.

New Revised Standard Version
The high priest, Joakim, who was in Jerusalem at the time, wrote to the people of Bethulia and Betomesthaim, which faces Esdraelon opposite the plain near Dothan,

Contemporary English Version
Joakim the high priest was in Jerusalem at the time. He wrote to the people living in Bethulia and Betomesthaim, two towns that face Jezreel Valley not far from Dothan.

New American Bible
The people there secured all the high hilltops, fortified the villages on them, and since their fields had recently been harvested, stored up provisions in preparation for war.

Douay-Rheims Bible
that they should take possession of the ascents of the mountains, by which there might be any way to Jerusalem, and should keep watch where the way was narrow between the mountains.

that they should take possession of the ascents of the mountains, by which there might be any way to Jerusalem, and should keep watch where the way was narrow between the mountains.

Judith 4:4
And they compassed their towns with walls and gathered together corn for provision for war.

Judith 4:5
And Eliachim the priest wrote to all that were over against Esdrelon, which faceth the great plain near Dothain, and to all by whom there might be a passage of way,

Judith 4:7
And the children of Israel did as the priests of the Lord Eliachim had appointed them.

Judith 4:8
And all the people cried to the Lord with great earnestness, and they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers, both they and their wives.