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So Bagoas went out from the presence of Holofernes, and approached her and said, "This beautiful maidservant will please come to my lord and be honored in his presence, and drink wine and be merry with us, and become today like one of the daughters of the Assyrians who serve in the house of Nebuchadnezzar." (Judith 12, 13)
So she got up and arrayed herself in all her woman's finery, and her maid went and spread on the ground for her before Holofernes the soft fleeces which she had received from Bagoas for her daily use, so that she might recline on them when she ate. (Judith 12, 15)
Then Judith came in and lay down, and Holofernes' heart was ravished with her and he was moved with great desire to possess her; for he had been waiting for an opportunity to deceive her, ever since the day he first saw her. (Judith 12, 16)
So Holofernes said to her. "Drink now, and be merry with us!" (Judith 12, 17)
Judith said, "I will drink now, my lord, because my life means more to me today than in all the days since I was born." (Judith 12, 18)
And Holofernes was greatly pleased with her, and drank a great quantity of wine, much more than he had ever drunk in any one day since he was born. (Judith 12, 20)
So Judith was left alone in the tent , with Holofernes stretched out on his bed, for he was overcome with wine. (Judith 13, 2)
She went up to the post at the end of the bed, above Holofernes' head, and took down his sword that hung there. (Judith 13, 6)
Then she tumbled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the posts; after a moment she went out, and gave Holofernes' head to her maid, (Judith 13, 9)
Then she took the head out of the bag and showed it to them, and said, "See, here is the head of Holofernes, the commander of the Assyrian army, and here is the canopy beneath which he lay in his drunken stupor. The Lord has struck him down by the hand of a woman. (Judith 13, 15)
May God grant this to be a perpetual honor to you, and may he visit you with blessings, because you did not spare your own life when our nation was brought low, but have avenged our ruin, walking in the straight path before our God." And all the people said, "So be it, so be it!" (Judith 13, 20)
Then they will seize their arms and go into the camp and rouse the officers of the Assyrian army; and they will rush into the tent of Holofernes, and will not find him. Then fear will come over them, and they will flee before you, (Judith 14, 3)
