Judith 10:17-19

Common English Bible

Judith meets Holofernes

¹⁷ The patrol chose one hundred of their men to accompany Judith and her servant, and they led them to Holofernes’ tent. ¹⁸ The soldiers in the camp turned out in droves, for word of her arrival had spread from tent to tent. So they came and stood around her as she waited outside Holofernes’ tent while the patrol told him about her. ¹⁹ They were amazed by her beauty and admired the Israelites because of her. They said to each other, “Who will underestimate these people when they have such women? It wouldn’t be good to leave even one of their men alive, for they could beguile the whole world.”