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Judith 14 - Summary

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Judith tells the people to hang the head on the wall and go out at dawn as if to attack. She sends for Achior; seeing the head, he faints, then falls at her feet and blesses her. Having seen what the God of Israel has done, Achior believes, is circumcised and joins the house of Israel. At sunrise the Israelites march out, and Bagoas, thinking his master asleep with Judith, finds Holofernes headless on the floor. He tears his clothes and cries that one Hebrew woman has shamed the house of Nabuchodonosor.

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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
The Night of DeliveranceChapters 13
The Assyrian RoutChapters 14-15

Achior joins Israel, the Assyrians find their leader headless and flee, and the high priest comes to bless Judith.

Judith's Song and Last YearsChapters 16