Judith 2:12

12 I have taken a solemn vow, and at the risk of my life and my royal power I am determined to do what I have vowed to do.

Judith 2:12 In-Context

10 "But you, Holofernes, are ordered to go ahead of me and occupy all their territories in advance. If they surrender to you, hold them for me until I come to punish them.

11 But if they resist, do not spare them. Kill them and loot the entire region under your control.

12 I have taken a solemn vow, and at the risk of my life and my royal power I am determined to do what I have vowed to do.

13 Do not disobey me in any way. I am your king; remember that, and carry out without delay every order that I have given you."

14 So Holofernes left the king and called together all the commanders, generals, and officers of the Assyrian army.