Judith 14:6-8

New Catholic Bible

Achior Summoned. ⁶ Therefore, they summoned Achior from the house of Uzziah. When he came and saw the head of Holofernes held up by one of the men in the assembly of the people, he fell forward in a dead faint. ⁷ After they revived him, he threw himself at the feet of Judith and did homage to her. “Blessed are you in every tent in Judah,” he said, “and the people of every nation who hear your name will be terror-stricken. ⁸ But now please tell me everything that you did during these days.”

In the presence of the people Judith recounted all that she had done from the day she left until the very moment she began speaking to them. Read full chapter