George Leo Haydock, on Jdt 5:1

“And it was told Holofernes the general of the army of the Assyrians, that the children of Israel prepared themselves to resist, and had shut up the ways of the mountains.”

“Mountains. Greek adds, “and had fortified every summit of a high mountain, and had placed scandals in the plains,” obstructing the passage (Haydock) with ditches, trees, (Calmet) and snares of every description. (Haydock)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.