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Then she came to the pillar of the bed, which was at Holofernes' head, and took down his fauchion from thence,
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And approached to his bed, and took hold of the hair of his head, and said, Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, this day.
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And she smote twice upon his neck with all her might, and she took away his head from him.
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And tumbled his body down from the bed, and pulled down the canopy from the pillars; and anon after she went forth, and gave Holofernes his head to her maid;
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And she put it in her bag of meat: so they twain went together according to their custom unto prayer: and when they passed the camp, they compassed the valley, and went up the mountain of Bethulia, and came to the gates thereof.