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Judith 10 - Summary

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Judith takes off her sackcloth and widow's garments, bathes, anoints herself, braids her hair and puts on the jewels she wore in her husband's lifetime. Her maid carries their food. Ozias and the elders, astonished at her beauty, bless her at the gate. Stopped by the first Assyrian watch, she says she is a Hebrew fleeing her people and has come to show Holofernes a way to take the hill country without losing a man. A hundred men escort her, and she bows low before Holofernes as he comes out with silver lamps.

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Characters in This Chapter

Judith
Judith

Devout widow of Bethulia who rebukes the elders and beheads Holofernes

Holofernes
Holofernes

Assyrian general who besieges Bethulia and is killed by Judith

Places in This Chapter

Nineveh
Nineveh

Capital from which Nabuchodonosor rules and sends Holofernes to conquer the west

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Jerusalem
Jerusalem

City whose temple Bethulia's resistance protects, where the people give thanks and Judith dedicates the spoil

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Dothan
Dothan

Dothaim, near Bethulia, where the Assyrian army spreads its camp to besiege the town

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Bethulia
Bethulia

Besieged hill town of Judith, saved when she kills Holofernes; its site is uncertain

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Position in Book

The Campaign of NabuchodonosorChapters 1-3
Bethulia Under SiegeChapters 4-7
Judith's Rebuke and PrayerChapters 8-9
In the Enemy CampChapters 10-12

Judith, adorned, wins Holofernes' trust with a double-edged speech, keeps her food laws and her prayer, and is invited to his feast.

The Night of DeliveranceChapters 13
The Assyrian RoutChapters 14-15
Judith's Song and Last YearsChapters 16