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Then Holofernes said to her: "Take courage, lady; have no fear in your heart! Never have I harmed anyone who chose to serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of all the earth. (Judith 11, 1)
Her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants; they marveled at her wisdom and exclaimed, (Judith 11, 20)
Then Holofernes said to her: "God has done well in sending you ahead of your people, to bring victory to our arms, and destruction to those who have despised my lord. (Judith 11, 22)
Holofernes asked her: "But if your provisions give out, where shall we get more of the same to provide for you? None of your people are with us." (Judith 12, 3)
Then the servants of Holofernes led her into the tent, where she slept till midnight. In the night watch just before dawn, she rose (Judith 12, 5)
and sent this message to Holofernes, "Give orders, my lord, to let your handmaid go out for prayer." (Judith 12, 6)
So Holofernes ordered his bodyguard not to hinder her. Thus she stayed in the camp three days. Each night she went out to the ravine of Bethulia, where she washed herself at the spring of the camp. (Judith 12, 7)
On the fourth day Holofernes gave a banquet for his servants alone, to which he did not invite any of the officers. (Judith 12, 10)
So Bagoas left the presence of Holofernes, and came to Judith and said, "So fair a maiden should not be reluctant to come to my lord to be honored by him, to enjoy drinking wine with us, and to be like one of the Assyrian women who live in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar." (Judith 12, 13)
Thereupon she proceeded to put on her festive garments and all her feminine adornments. Meanwhile her maid went ahead and spread out on the ground for her in front of Holofernes the fleece Bagoas had furnished for her daily use in reclining at her dinner. (Judith 12, 15)
Then Judith came in and reclined on it. The heart of Holofernes was in rapture over her, and his spirit was shaken. He was burning with the desire to possess her, for he had been biding his time to seduce her from the day he saw her. (Judith 12, 16)
Holofernes said to her, "Drink and be merry with us!" (Judith 12, 17)
