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⁴ So everyone went out, and there was no one left with them in the bedroom, either small or great. Then Judith stood next to his bed and said in her heart, Lord, God of all power, look at this hour upon the work of my hands for the glory of Jerusalem.

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¹⁰ who placed it in her food bag.

Judith and her servant escape to Bethulia

The two of them went out to pray, as was their habit. They walked through the camp, circled around the valley, went up the hill to Bethulia, and arrived at the city gates.

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¹¹ From a distance Judith called out to the guards at the gate, “Open, open the gate! God, our God, is with us and is still demonstrating strength in Israel and power against our enemies! He has done so even today!”

Judith 13:14View Full Chapter

¹⁴ Then Judith said to them in a loud voice, “Praise God! Praise, praise God, who hasn’t taken his mercy away from the house of Israel! Rather, he has destroyed our enemies by my hand this very night!”

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Judith’s instructions for victory

14 Judith said to them, “Listen well, my people! Take this head and hang it from the highest spot on your city walls.

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⁷ After they raised him up, he threw himself at Judith’s feet, bowed before her, and said, “Blessed are you in every dwelling of Judah! In every nation, whoever hears your name will be terrified.

Judith 14:8View Full Chapter

⁸ Now tell me what you’ve been doing during these last few days.” So Judith told him in the presence of the people everything she had done since the day she left, up to the time she began talking to them.

Judith 14:14View Full Chapter

¹⁴ Then Bagoas went in and knocked at the entrance to the tent, for he assumed that Holofernes was sleeping with Judith.

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¹⁷ Next he went into the tent where Judith had been staying. Not finding her, he ran out to the people and shouted,

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⁸ At that time Joakim the high priest and the council of the Israelites who lived in Jerusalem came to witness the good things that the Lord had done for Israel, to see Judith, and to wish her well.

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Esau’s wives

³⁴ When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.