1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Judith 2:13 And he took, by assault, the renowned city of Melothus, and pillaged all the children of Tharsis, and the children of Ismahel, who were over-against the face of the desert, and on the south of the land of Cellon.

Melothus, or Melita, built by Semiramis, (Pliny, [Natural History?] 6:3.) in the same country. --- Tharsis, or Cilicia, peopled by the son of Javan. --- Ishmahel, on the Euphrates, east of the Desert Arabia.