Judith 1

CHAPTER 1. 1 Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana, 2 Of stones…

Judith 2

CHAPTER 2. 1 In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, the two and twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of…

Judith 3

CHAPTER 3. 1 Then the kings and the princes of all the cities and provinces, of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their ambassadors, who coming…

Judith 4

CHAPTER 4. 1 Then the children of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Juda, hearing these things, were exceedingly afraid of him. 2 Dread and horror seized upon their…

Judith 5

CHAPTER 5. 1 And it was told Holofernes the general of the army of the Assyrians, that the children of Israel prepared themselves to resist, and had shut up the…

Judith 6

CHAPTER 6. 1 And it came to pass when they had left off speaking, that Holofernes being in a violent passion, said to Achior: 2 Because thou hast prophesied unto…

Judith 7

CHAPTER 7. 1 But Holofernes on the next day gave orders to his army, to go up against Bethulia. 2 Now there were in his troops a hundred and twenty…

Judith 8

CHAPTER 8. 1 Now it came to pass, when Judith a widow had heard these words, who was the daughter of Merari, the son of Idox, the son of Joseph,…

Judith 9

CHAPTER 9. 1 And when they were gone, Judith went into her oratory: and putting on haircloth, laid ashes on her head: and falling down prostrate before the Lord, she…

Judith 10

CHAPTER 10. 1 And it came to pass, when she had ceased to cry to the Lord, that she rose from the place wherein she lay prostrate before the Lord….