Common English Bible

Judith 15:6-8 Common English Bible (CEB)

6. Meanwhile, the rest of the people living in Bethulia entered the Assyrian camp and plundered it, and they became extremely rich.

7. When the Israelites returned from the slaughter, they took what was left behind. Even the villages and farms in the highlands and the plain received large portions of the spoils, because there was plenty to go around.

8. At that time Joakim the high priest and the council of the Israelites who lived in Jerusalem came to witness the good things that the Lord had done for Israel, to see Judith, and to wish her well.