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servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.

Jdt 12:11
Then said he to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all
that he had, Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman which is
with thee, that she come unto us, and eat and drink with us.

Jdt 12:12
For, lo, it will be a shame for our person, if we shall let
such a woman go, not having had her company; for if we draw her
not unto us, she will laugh us to scorn.

Jdt 12:13
Then went Bagoas from the presence of Holofernes, and came to
her, and he said, Let not this fair damsel fear to come to my
lord, and to be honoured in his presence, and drink wine, and be
merry with us and be made this day as one of the daughters of
the Assyrians, which serve in the house of Nabuchodonosor.

Jdt 12:14
Then said Judith unto him, Who am I now, that I should
gainsay my lord? surely whatsoever pleaseth him I will do
speedily, and it shall be my joy unto the day of my death.

Jdt 12:15
So she arose, and decked herself with her apparel and all her
woman's attire, and her maid went and laid soft skins on the
ground for her over against Holofernes, which she had received
of Bagoas far her daily use, that she might sit and eat upon
them.

Jdt 12:16
Now when Judith came in and sat down, Holofernes his heart
was ravished with her, and his mind was moved, and he desired
greatly her company; for he waited a time to deceive her, from
the day that he had seen her.

Jdt 12:17
Then said Holofernes unto her, Drink now, and be merry with
us.

Jdt 12:18
So Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is
magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was
born.

Jdt 12:19
Then she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had
prepared.

Jdt 12:20
And Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank more wine
than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.

Jdt 13:1
Now when the evening was come, his servants made haste to
depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the
waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their
beds: for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.

Jdt 13:2
And Judith was left along in the tent, and Holofernes lying
along upon his bed: for he was filled with wine.

Jdt 13:3
Now Judith had commanded her maid to stand without her
bedchamber, and to wait for her coming forth, as she did daily:
for she said she would go forth to her prayers, and she spake to
Bagoas ac