Jdt 14:1 

Then said Judith unto them, Hear me now, my brethren, and 

take this head, and hang it upon the highest place of your 

walls. 

Jdt 14:2 

And so soon as the morning shall appear, and the sun shall 

come forth upon the earth, take ye every one his weapons, and go 

forth every valiant man out of the city, and set ye a captain 

over them, as though ye would go down into the field toward the 

watch of the Assyrians; but go not down. 

Jdt 14:3 

Then they shall take their armour, and shall go into their 

camp, and raise up the captains of the army of Assur, and shall 

run to the tent of Holofernes, but shall not find him: then fear 

shall fall upon them, and they shall flee before your face. 

Jdt 14:4 

So ye, and all that inhabit the coast of Israel, shall pursue 

them, and overthrow them as they go. 

Jdt 14:5 

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 his death. 

Jdt 14:6 

Then they called Achior out of the house of Ozias; and when 

he was come, and saw the head of Holofernes in a man's hand in 

the assembly of the people, he fell down on his face, and his 

spirit failed. 

Jdt 14:7 

But when they had recovered him, he fell at Judith's feet, 

and reverenced her, and said, Blessed art thou in all the 

tabernacles of Juda, and in all nations, which hearing thy name 

shall be astonished. 

Jdt 14:8 

Now therefore tell me all the things that thou hast done in 

these days. Then Judith declared unto him in the midst of the 

people all that she had done, from the day that she went forth 

until that hour she spake unto them. 

Jdt 14:9 

And when she had left off speaking, the people shouted with a 

loud voice, and made a joyful noise in their city. 

Jdt 14:10 

And when Achior had seen all that the God of Israel had done, 

he believed in God greatly, and circumcised the flesh of his 

foreskin, and was joined unto the house of Israel unto this day. 

Jdt 14:11 

And as soon as the morning arose, they hanged the head of 

Holofernes upon the wall, and every man took his weapons, and 

they went forth by bands unto the straits of the mountain. 

Jdt 14:12 

But when the Assyrians saw them, they sent to their leaders, 

which came to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of 

their rulers. 

Jdt 14:13 

So they came to Holofernes' tent, and said to him that had 

the charge of all his things, Waken now our lord: for the slaves 

have been bold to come down against us to battle, that they may 

be utterly destroyed. 

Jdt 14:14 

Then went in Bagoas, and knocked at the door of the tent; for 

he thought that he had slept with Judith. 

Jdt 14:15 

But because none answered, he opened it, and went into the 

bedchamber, and found him cast upon the floor dead, and his head 

was taken from him. 

Jdt 14:16 

Therefore he cried with a loud voice, with weeping, and 

sighing, and a mighty cry, and rent his garments. 

Jdt 14:17 

After he went into the tent where Judith lodged: and when he 

found her not, he leaped out to the people, and cried, 

Jdt 14:18 

These slaves have dealt treacherously; one woman of the 

Hebrews hath brought shame upon the house of king 

Nabuchodonosor: for, behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground 

without a head. 

Jdt 14:19 

When the captains of the Assyrians' army heard these words, 

they rent their coats and their minds were wonderfully troubled, 

and there was a cry and a very great noise throughout the camp.