14
So Bagoas went in and knocked at the door of the tent, for he supposed that he was sleeping with Judith.
15
But when no one answered, he opened it and went into the bedchamber and found him thrown down on the platform dead, with his head cut off and missing.
16
And he cried out with a loud voice and wept and groaned and shouted, and rent his garments.
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 upon the house of King Nebuchadnezzar! For look, here is Holofernes lying on the ground, and his head is not on him!"
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.