Then the people fell down and worshipped God, and cried to God saying,
O Lord God of heaven, behold their pride and pity the low estate of our nation and look upon the face of those who are sanctified for you this day.
Then they comforted Achior and praised him greatly. And Uzziah took him out of the assembly to his house and made a feast for the elders.
And they called on the God of Israel all that night for help.
The next day Holofernes commanded all his army and all his people who had arrived take his side that they should remove their camp from opposite Bethulia and capture in advance the ascents of the hill country in order to make war against the children of Israel.