0 Judith Topical Outline

Vagao ... perceived no motion of one lying, he came near to the curtain, and lifting it up, and seeing the body of Holofernes, lying upon the ground, without the head, sweltering in his blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with weeping, and rent his garments. 14:13

Trivia: Whose head was cut off by Judith and hung on a wall?

The Book of Judith

1 Araphaxad and Nabuchodonosor (1-12)

2 Holofernes's army defeats everyone on earth (1-18)

3 King Nabuchodonosor becomes the king of the earth (and its only God) (1-15)

4 The Israelites prepare for war with prayer   (1-16)

5 Achior tells Holofernes about the Israelites (1-29)

6 Holofernes ties Achior to a tree (9-21)

    The Israelites comfort Achior (10-21)

7 The Israelites want to surrender to Holofernes (1-25)

8 Judith wore a haircloth on her loins  (1-34)

9 Judith asks God to help her kill Assyrians (1-19)

10 Judith dresses up and goes to see Holofernes (1-20)

11 Judith lies to Holofernes (1-21)

12 Judith seduces Holofernes (1-20)

13 Judith beheads Holofernes (1-31)

14 The head of Holofernes is hung on the wall and Achior gets circumcised (1-18)

15 The Israelites defeat the Assyrians and take all their stuff (1-15)

16 Judith sings a song about herself (1-31)

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