14 ¹¹ As soon as it was dawn they hung the head of Holofernes on the wall, and every man took his weapons, and they went out in companies to the passes in the mountains. 14 ¹² And when the Assyrians saw them they sent word to their commanders, and they went to the generals and the captains and to all their officers. 14 ¹³ So they came to Holofernes' tent and said to the steward in charge of all his personal affairs, "Wake up our lord, for the slaves have been so bold as to come down against us to give battle, in order to be destroyed completely."

14 ¹⁴ So Bagoas went in and knocked at the door of the tent, for he supposed that he was sleeping with Judith. 14 ¹⁵ But when no one answered, he opened it and went into the bedchamber and found him thrown down on the platform dead, with his head cut off and missing. 14 ¹⁶ And he cried out with a loud voice and wept and groaned and shouted, and rent his garments. 14 ¹⁷ Then he went to the tent where Judith had stayed, and when he did not find her he rushed out to the people and shouted, 14 ¹⁸ "The slaves have tricked us! One Hebrew woman has brought disgrace upon the house of King Nebuchadnezzar! For look, here is Holofernes lying on the ground, and his head is not on him!"

14 ¹⁹ When the leaders of the Assyrian army heard this, they rent their tunics and were greatly dismayed, and their loud cries and shouts arose in the midst of the camp.