13 And they came under the mountain, and bound Achior, and leaving him abandoned at the foot of the mountain, they went to their master.

14 And the children of Israel, having gone out of their own city, stopped over it, and loosed it, and brought it to Bethula, and presented it to the rulers of their city,

15 And in those days were Uzziah the son of Micah of the tribe of Simeon, Havri the son of Othniel, and Harmiah the son of Melchiel.

16 And they called together all the elders of the city, and all their young men and women came together in the assembly, and they set Achior in the midst of all their people, and Uzziah inquired of him what had happened.

17 And he answered and told them the words of the assembly of Holofernes, and all the words which he had spoken among the chiefs of the sons of Assyria, and all the haughty words of Holofernes concerning the house of Israel.

18 Then the people fell, worshipped God, and cried out,

19 O Lord God of heaven! look upon their pride and have mercy on the humility of our race, and look upon the face of those sanctified to Thee on this day.

20 And they comforted Achior, and praised him.

21 And Uzziah took him out of the congregation to his house, and made a feast for the elders, and all that night long they called upon the God of Israel for help.

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1 На другой день Олоферн приказал всему войску своему и всему народу своему, пришедшему к нему на помощь, подступить к Ветилуе, занять высоты нагорной страны и начать войну против сынов Израилевых.

2 И в тот же день поднялись все сильные мужи их: войско их состояло из ста семидесяти тысяч ратников, воинов пеших, и из двенадцати тысяч конных, кроме обоза и пеших людей, бывших при них, - а и этих было многое множество.

3 Остановившись на долине близ Ветилуи при источнике, они протянулись в ширину от Дофаима до Велфема, а в длину от Ветилуи до Киамона, лежащего против Ездрилона.

4 Сыны же Израиля, увидев множество их, очень смутились, и каждый говорил ближнему своему: теперь они опустошат всю землю, и ни высокие горы, ни долины, ни холмы не выдержат их тяжести.