15. But when none hearkened to him, he opened it, and went into the bedchamber, and found him cast upon the threshold dead, and his head had been taken from him.
16. And he cried with a loud voice, with weeping and groaning and a mighty cry, and tore his garments.
17. And he entered into the tent where Judith lodged: and he found her not, and he leaped out to the people, and cried aloud,
18. The slaves have dealt treacherously: one woman of the Hebrews has brought shame upon the house of king Nebuchadnezzar; for, behold, Holofernes lies upon the ground, and his head is not on him.
19. But when the rulers of the host of Asshur heard the words, they tore their coats, and their soul was troubled exceedingly, and there was a cry and an exceeding great noise in the midst of the camp.