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They occupied the summits of the highest mountains and fortified the villages on them; they laid in supplies for the coming war, as the fields had just been harvested. (Judith 4, 5)
He ordered them to occupy the mountain passes, the only means of access to Judaea, for there it would be easy for them to halt an attacking force, the narrowness of the approach not allowing men to advance more than two abreast. (Judith 4, 7)
The Israelites carried out the orders of Joakim the high priest and of the people's Council of Elders in session at Jerusalem. (Judith 4, 8)
All the men of Israel cried most fervently to God and humbled themselves before him. (Judith 4, 9)
They, their wives, their children, their cattle, all their resident aliens, hired or slave, wrapped sackcloth round their loins. (Judith 4, 10)
All the Israelites in Jerusalem, including women and children, lay prostrate in front of the Temple, and with ashes on their heads stretched out their hands before the Lord. (Judith 4, 11)
They draped the altar itself in sackcloth and fervently joined together in begging the God of Israel not to let their children be carried off, their wives distributed as booty, the towns of their heritage destroyed, the Temple profaned and desecrated for the heathen to gloat over. (Judith 4, 12)
The Lord heard them and looked kindly on their distress. The people fasted for many days throughout Judaea as well as in Jerusalem before the sanctuary of the Lord Almighty. (Judith 4, 13)
Joakim the high priest and all who stood before the Lord, the Lord's priests and ministers, wore sackcloth round their loins as they offered the perpetual burnt offering and the votive and voluntary offerings of the people. (Judith 4, 14)
With ashes on their turbans they earnestly called on the Lord to look kindly on the House of Israel. (Judith 4, 15)
Holofernes, general-in-chief of the Assyrian army, received the intelligence that the Israelites were preparing for war, that they had closed the mountain passes, fortified all the high peaks and laid obstructions in the plains. (Judith 5, 1)
Achior, leader of all the Ammonites, replied, 'May my lord be pleased to listen to what your servant is going to say. I shall give you the facts about these mountain folk whose home lies close to you. You will hear no lie from the mouth of your servant. (Judith 5, 5)
