Judith 16:21-25

Common English Bible

²¹ At the end of these days, everyone returned to their homes. Judith went back to Bethulia and lived on her estate. She was honored for the rest of her life all throughout the land. ²² There were many men who desired her, but no man had relations with her all the rest of her life after her husband Manasseh died and was buried with his people. ²³ She became increasingly famous and grew old in her husband’s house, reaching the advanced age of 105. She set her trusted servant free and died in Bethulia. They buried her in her husband Manasseh’s cave, ²⁴ and the house of Israel mourned her for seven days. Before she died, she divided her property among all the relatives of Manasseh her husband, and among her own relatives. ²⁵ No one terrified the Israelites again during Judith’s lifetime or for a long time after her death.