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She went up to the bedpost near Holofernes' head, and took down his sword that hung there.
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She came close to his bed, took hold of the hair of his head, and said, "Give me strength today, O Lord God of Israel!"
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Then she struck his neck twice with all her might, and cut off his head.
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Next she rolled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the posts. Soon afterward she went out and gave Holofernes' head to her maid,
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who placed it in her food bag. Then the two of them went out together, as they were accustomed to do for prayer. They passed through the camp, circled around the valley, and went up the mountain to Bethulia, and came to its gates.
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