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Then she went to the bedpost near Holofernes' head and took down his sword.
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When she came closer to the bed, she grabbed the hair on his head and said, "Give me strength today, Lord God of Israel."
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She struck him in the neck twice with all her might and cut off his head.
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Then she rolled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the rods. After a little while she went out and handed Holofernes' head to her servant,
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who placed it in her food bag. The two of them went out to pray, as was their habit. They walked through the camp, circled around the valley, went up the hill to Bethulia, and arrived at the city gates.