3 Even those who were camped in the hills around Bethulia turned and fled. Then every Israelite man capable of fighting rushed out upon them.
4 Uzziah sent messengers to Betomasthaim, Choba, Kola, and all the regions of Israel, announcing what had happened and saying that everyone should rush out upon their enemies to destroy them.
5 When the Israelites heard about it, they joined together, fell upon their enemies, and cut them down as far as Choba. Similarly, those from Jerusalem and everyone in the highlands also came, for they had been told what happened in the enemy camp. The Gileadites and the Galileans outflanked the Assyrians, inflicting heavy losses as far as Damascus and its territories.
6 Meanwhile, the rest of the people living in Bethulia entered the Assyrian camp and plundered it, and they became extremely rich.
7 When the Israelites returned from the slaughter, they took what was left behind. Even the villages and farms in the highlands and the plain received large portions of the spoils, because there was plenty to go around.
8 At that time Joakim the high priest and the council of the Israelites who lived in Jerusalem came to witness the good things that the Lord had done for Israel, to see Judith, and to wish her well.
9 When they came to her, they joined together in blessing her and said, "You are the glory of Jerusalem; you are the great pride of Israel; you are the high honor of our nation.