She also had a graceful temperament and was very beautiful to behold. And her husband Manasseh had left her gold and silver, and menservants and maidservants, and cattle and lands, and she remained with them.
And there was no one who spoke an ill word about her, for she feared God greatly.
Now she heard the evil words of the people against the governor and that they fainted for lack of water;
for Judith had heard all the words that Uzziah had spoken to them and that he had sworn to deliver the city to the Assyrians after five days.