16 ¹⁸ When they arrived at Jerusalem they worshipped God. As soon as the people were purified, they offered their burnt offerings, their freewill offerings, and their gifts. 16 ¹⁹ Judith also dedicated to God all the vessels of Holofernes, which the people had given her; and the canopy which she took for herself from his bedchamber she gave as a votive offering to the Lord. 16 ²⁰ So the people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the sanctuary for three months, and Judith remained with them.

16 ²¹ After this every one returned home to his own inheritance, and Judith went to Bethulia, and remained on her estate, and was honoured in her time throughout the whole country. 16 ²² Many desired to marry her, but she remained a widow all the days of her life after Manasseh her husband died and was gathered to his people. 16 ²³ She became more and more famous, and grew old in her husband's house, until she was one hundred and five years old. She set her maid free. She died in Bethulia, and they buried her in the cave of her husband Manasseh, 16 ²⁴ and the house of Israel mourned for her seven days. Before she died she distributed her property to all those who were next of kin to her husband Manasseh, and to her own nearest kindred. 16 ²⁵ And no one ever again spread terror among the people of Israel in the days of Judith, or for a long time after her death.