Judith

What the Bible says

Judith 8:1-8

¹Now it came to pass, when Judith a widow had heard these words, who was the daughter of Merari, the son of Idox, the son of Joseph, the son of Ozias, the son of Elai, the son of Jamnor, the son of Gedeon, the son of Raphaim, the son of Achitob, the son of Melehias, the son of Enan, the son of Nathanias, the son of Salathiel, the son of Simeon, the son of Ruben: ²And her husband was Manasses, who died in the time of the barley harvest: ³For he was standing over them that bound sheaves in the field; and the heat came upon his head, and he died in Bethulia his own city, and was buried there with his fathers. ⁴And Judith his relict was a widow now three years and six months. ⁵And she made herself a private chamber in the upper part of her house, in which she abode shut up with her maids. ⁶And she wore haircloth upon her loins, and fasted all the days of her life, except the sabbaths, and new moons, and the feasts of the house of Israel. ⁷And she was exceedingly beautiful, and her husband left her great riches, and very many servants, and large possessions of herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep. ⁸And she was greatly renowned among all, because she feared the Lord very much, neither was there any one that spoke an ill word of her.

Judith 8:11-16

¹¹And they came to her, and she said to them: What is this word, by which Ozias hath consented to give up the city to the Assyrians, if within five days there come no aid to us? ¹²And who are you that tempt the Lord? ¹⁴This is not a word that may draw down mercy, but rather that may stir up wrath, and enkindle indignation. ¹⁵You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord, and you have appointed him a day, according to your pleasure. ¹⁶For God will not threaten like man, nor be inflamed to anger like the son of man.

Judith 10:10; Judith 13:14

But Judith praying to the Lord, passed through the gates, she and her maid.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.