Jdt 12:1 

Then he commanded to bring her in where his plate was set; 

and bade that they should prepare for her of his own meats, and 

that she should drink of his own wine. 

Jdt 12:2 

And Judith said, I will not eat thereof, lest there be an 

offence: but provision shall be made for me of the things that I 

have brought. 

Jdt 12:3 

Then Holofernes said unto her, If thy provision should fail, 

how should we give thee the like? for there be none with us of 

thy nation. 

Jdt 12:4 

Then said Judith unto him As thy soul liveth, my lord, thine 

handmaid shall not spend those things that I have, before the 

Lord work by mine hand the things that he hath determined. 

Jdt 12:5 

Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, 

and she slept till midnight, and she arose when it was toward 

the morning watch, 

Jdt 12:6 

And sent to Holofernes, saving, Let my lord now command that 

thine handmaid may go forth unto prayer. 

Jdt 12:7 

Then Holofernes commanded his guard that they should not stay 

her: thus she abode in the camp three days, and went out in the 

night into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a 

fountain of water by the camp. 

Jdt 12:8 

And when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to 

direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people. 

Jdt 12:9 

So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did 

eat her meat at evening. 

Jdt 12:10 

And in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to his own 

servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet. 

Jdt 12:11 

Then said he to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all 

that he had, Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman which is 

with thee, that she come unto us, and eat and drink with us. 

Jdt 12:12 

For, lo, it will be a shame for our person, if we shall let 

such a woman go, not having had her company; for if we draw her 

not unto us, she will laugh us to scorn. 

Jdt 12:13 

Then went Bagoas from the presence of Holofernes, and came to 

her, and he said, Let not this fair damsel fear to come to my 

lord, and to be honoured in his presence, and drink wine, and be 

merry with us and be made this day as one of the daughters of 

the Assyrians, which serve in the house of Nabuchodonosor. 

Jdt 12:14 

Then said Judith unto him, Who am I now, that I should 

gainsay my lord? surely whatsoever pleaseth him I will do 

speedily, and it shall be my joy unto the day of my death. 

Jdt 12:15 

So she arose, and decked herself with her apparel and all her 

woman's attire, and her maid went and laid soft skins on the 

ground for her over against Holofernes, which she had received 

of Bagoas far her daily use, that she might sit and eat upon 

them. 

Jdt 12:16 

Now when Judith came in and sat down, Holofernes his heart 

was ravished with her, and his mind was moved, and he desired 

greatly her company; for he waited a time to deceive her, from 

the day that he had seen her. 

Jdt 12:17 

Then said Holofernes unto her, Drink now, and be merry with 

us. 

Jdt 12:18 

So Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is 

magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was 

born. 

Jdt 12:19 

Then she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had 

prepared. 

Jdt 12:20 

And Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank more wine 

than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.