Judith 8:5

5 In her grief she built a little shelter on the roof of her house and lived there, wearing sackcloth.

Judith 8:5 In-Context

3 He had suffered a sunstroke while in the fields supervising the farm workers and later died in bed at home in Bethulia. He was buried in the family tomb in the field between Dothan and Balamon.

4 For three years and four months, Judith had lived as a widow.

5 In her grief she built a little shelter on the roof of her house and lived there, wearing sackcloth.

6 She fasted during that entire period except when fasting was forbidden: the day before the Sabbath and the Sabbath itself, the eve of the New Moon Festival and the Festival itself, and all the festivals and holidays observed by the people of Israel.

7 Judith was a very beautiful woman. Her husband had left her gold and silver, servants and slaves, livestock and fields. She continued to supervise the estate,