praeceperat enim illi Nabuchodonosor rex ut omnes deos terrae exterminaret videlicet ut ipse solus diceretur deus ab his nationibus quae potuissent Holofernis potentia subiugari

For king Nebuchadnezzar had commanded to him, that he should destroy all the gods of (the) earth, that is, that he alone should be said god of all these nations, that might be made subject/s by the power of Holofernes. [Forsooth king Nebuchadnezzar had commanded to him, that all the gods of the land he should outlaw, that is, that he god alone were said of these nations, that might be under-yoked by the might of Holofernes.]