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Nay, the high priest Eliachim sent letters even further afield; the hill-folk that lived facing Esdrelon across the wide plain around Dothain, controlling the passes to the south, (Judith 4, 5)
Such orders from Eliachim, the Lord’s high priest, the Israelites faithfully carried out. (Judith 4, 7)
And Eliachim, the Lord’s high priest, went about everywhere among the Israelite folk with words of comfort. (Judith 4, 11)
and with all their hearts they prayed, every one of them, that God would bring deliverance to his people of Israel. (Judith 4, 17)
When news reached Holofernes, the Assyrian commander, that the Israelites were for offering resistance, and had secured the mountain passes, (Judith 5, 1)
So be it; when the Israelites fall like one man, thou too shalt feel the sword of Assyria, and share their utter ruin. (Judith 6, 3)
Nay, be assured thou shalt learn the truth when the Israelites learn it, no sooner. Henceforth thy lot shall be thrown in with theirs; only when my sword falls on them shalt thou feel my vengeance. (Judith 6, 6)
Lord, they cried, God of heaven and earth, leave not this insolence unregarded, our distress unrelieved, the prayer of thy chosen servants unheeded! Give proof, now, that those who trust in thee are never forsaken, that the presumptuous, who boast of their own strength, are ever brought low! (Judith 6, 15)
Then, when the Lord our God has granted his servants deliverance, may he still be with thee, thy own God, here in our midst; thou and thine shall be made free of our company. (Judith 6, 18)
But afterwards all the people were summoned from their homes anew; and in solemn assembly, the whole night long, they prayed to the God of Israel, to win deliverance. (Judith 6, 21)
This whole army now prepared to attack the Israelites, advancing up the mountain-slopes to a height which commands the Dothian plain, all the way from Belma to Chelmon, near Esdrelon. (Judith 7, 3)
Face to earth the men of Israel bowed down, and threw dust on their heads, as they saw the enemy’s numbers, beseeching God with one accord to grant his people deliverance; (Judith 7, 4)
