15
But when no one answered, he opened it and went into the bedchamber and found him sprawled on the floor dead, with his head missing.
16
He cried out with a loud voice and wept and groaned and shouted, and tore his clothes.
17
Then he went to the tent where Judith had stayed, and when he did not find her, he rushed out to the people and shouted,
18
"The slaves have tricked us! One Hebrew woman has brought disgrace on the house of King Nebuchadnezzar. Look, Holofernes is lying on the ground, and his head is missing!"
19
When the leaders of the Assyrian army heard this, they tore their tunics and were greatly dismayed, and their loud cries and shouts rose up throughout the camp.
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