She increased in greatness exceedingly; and she grew old in her husband’s house, to one hundred five years. She let her maid go free. Then she died in Bethulia. They buried her in the cave of her husband Manasses.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 23. An anathema of oblivion. That is, a gift or offering made to God, by was of an everlasting monument, to prevent the oblivion or the forgetting of so great a benefit. Challoner.—Yet some would read ( Calmet.) oblationis, instead of oblivionis. Tirinus.—Greek and Syr. say nothing of oblivion. The Scriptures, and pagan histories, are full of such monuments of gratitude, to perpetuate the memory of benefits received from above. Calmet.—Greek “to the Lord, all the vessels,” or furniture. Calmet. 15:14. Bible.—Joseph called one of his sons, Manasses, because God had caused him to forget his former toils. Genesis 41:51. Menochius.—Judith’s husband had the same name; and this victory made her forget past sorrow. Bible.