Nebuchadnezzar sent out messengers to all the inhabitants of Persia and all who were living in the west: in Cilicia, Lebanon, Antilibanon, the coastal regions of Carmel, Gilead, Galilee, Jezreel, Samaria, the area of Jordan, Jerusalem, Batane, Chelus, Kadesh, Egypt, Tachpentes, Ramesse, the land of Goshen, Iran, Memphis, and in Ethiopia.