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Title: Apocrypha, The
Book: Judith
Author: Various
Date: 1611
Chapter 14
And Judith said unto them, Hear me now, my brethren, and take this head,
and hang it upon the battlement of your wall. And it shall be, so soon as the
morning shall appear, and the sun shall come forth upon the earth, ye shall
take up every one his weapons of war, and go forth every valiant man of you
out of the city, and ye shall set a captain over them, as though ye would go
down to the plain toward the watch of the children of Asshur; and ye shall not
go down. And these shall take up their panoplies, and shall go into their
camp, and rouse up the captains of the host of Asshur, and they shall run
together to the tent of Holofernes, and they shall not find him: and fear
shall fall upon them, and they shall flee before your face. And ye, and all
that inhabit every coast of Israel, shall pursue them, and overthrow them as
they go. But before ye do these things, call me Achior the Ammonite, that he
may see and know him that despised the house of Israel, and that sent him to
us, as it were to death.
And they called Achior out of the house of Ozias; but when he came, and
saw the head of Holofernes in a man's hand in the assembly of the people, he
fell upon his face, and his spirit failed. But when ^1 they had recovered
him, he fell at Judith's feet, and did reverence unto her, and said, Blessed
art thou in every tent of Judah, and in every nation, which hearing thy name
shall be troubled. And now tell me all the things that thou hast done in
these days. And Judith declared unto him in the midst of the people all the
things that she had done, from the day that she went forth until the time
that she spake unto them. But when she left off speaking, the people shouted
with a loud voice, and made a joyful noise in their city. But when Achior
saw all the things that the God of Israel had done, he believed in God
exceedingly, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined unto
the house of Israel, unto this day.
[Footnote 1: Many authorities read he had recovered himself.]
But as soon as the morning arose, they hanged the head of Holofernes
upon the wall, and every man took up his weapons, and they went forth by
bands unto the ascents of the mountain. But when the children of Asshur saw
them, they sent hither and thither to their leaders; but they went to their
captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers. And they came to
Holofernes' tent, and said to him that was over all that he had, Waken now
our lord: for the slaves have been bold to come down against us to battle,
that they may be utterly destroyed. And Bagoas went in, and knocked at the
outer door of the tent; for he supposed that he was sleeping with Judith.
But when none hearkened to him, he opened it, and went into the bedchamber,
and found him cast upon the threshold dead, and his head had been taken from
him. And he cried with a loud voice, with weeping and groaning and a mighty
cry, and rent his garments. And he entered into the tent where Judith
lodged: and he found her not, and he leaped out to the people, and cried
aloud, The slaves have dealt treacherously: one woman of the Hebrews hath
brought shame upon the house of king Nebuchadnezzar; for, behold, Holofernes
lieth upon the ground, and his head is not on him. But when the rulers of
the host of Asshur heard the words, they rent their coats, and their soul was
troubled exceedingly, and there was a cry and an exceeding great noise in the
midst of the camp.