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Then the Israelites came down from their town and found him; they untied him and brought him into Bethulia and placed him before the magistrates of their town,
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who in those days were Uzziah son of Micah, of the tribe of Simeon, and Chabris son of Gothoniel, and Charmis son of Melchiel.
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They called together all the elders of the town, and all their young men and women ran to the assembly. They set Achior in the midst of all their people, and Uzziah questioned him about what had happened.
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He answered and told them what had taken place at the council of Holofernes, and all that he had said in the presence of the Assyrian leaders, and all that Holofernes had boasted he would do against the house of Israel.
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Then the people fell down and worshiped God, and cried out:
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"O Lord God of heaven, see their arrogance, and have pity on our people in their humiliation, and look kindly today on the faces of those who are consecrated to you."
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Then they reassured Achior, and praised him highly.
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Uzziah took him from the assembly to his own house and gave a banquet for the elders; and all that night they called on the God of Israel for help.