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Judith
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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(1) A wife of Esau, daughter of Beeri the Hittite (Genesis 26:34 ).
(2) The heroine of the Book of Judith in Apocrypha - a pious, wealthy, courageous, and patriotic widow who delivered Jerusalem and her countrymen from the assault of Holofernes, the general of Nebuchadnezzar who had arranged the expedition which aimed at making Nebuchadnezzar the object of universal human worship.
The 8th and following chapters of the book describe her actions which resulted in the cutting off of the head of Holofernes, the rout of the Assyrian army, and the deliverance of the Jews. See JUDITH ,
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Judith'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/j/judith.html. 1915.
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Judith'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/j/judith.html. 1915.
