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And Ozias said to her, “All that you have spoken, you have spoken with a good heart. There is no one who will deny your words.
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Verse 28. Words. Greek adds, “for it is not to-day only that thy wisdom has appeared, but from thy earliest days all the people has known thy prudence, as the formation ( Bible. Syr. the thought. Calmet.) of thy heart is good. But the people was much oppressed with thirst, and they forced us to … take an oath, which we shall not break. Now,” and so forth Bible.—It hence appears that Judith was not very young; and as many desired to marry her, (Calmet. ult. Gr.) we may conclude that she was of a middle age, or about thirty-five. Houbigant.
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