2. Her husband, Manasseh, of her own tribe and clan, had died at the time of the barley harvest.
3. While he was supervising those who bound the sheaves in the field, he was overcome by the heat; and he collapsed on his bed and died in Bethulia, his native city. He was buried with his ancestors in the field between Dothan and Balamon.
4. Judith was living as a widow in her home for three years and four months.
5. She set up a tent for herself on the roof of her house, put sackcloth about her waist, and wore widow’s clothing.
6. She fasted all the days of her widowhood, except sabbath eves and sabbaths, new moon eves and new moons, feastdays and holidays of the house of Israel.
7. She was beautiful in appearance and very lovely to behold. Her husband, Manasseh, had left her gold and silver, male and female servants, livestock and fields, which she was maintaining.