1 Now at that time Judith heard thereof, which was the daughter of Mera´ri, the son of Ox, the son of Joseph, the son of O´ziel, the son of Elci´a, the son of Anani´as, the son of Gedeon, the son of Raph´aim, the son of Acitho, the son of Eli´u, the son of Eli´ab, the son of Nathan´a-el, the son of Samael, the son of Salasad´ai, the son of Israel.
2 And Manass´es was her husband, of her tribe and kindred, who died in the barley harvest.
3 For as he stood overseeing them that bound sheaves in the field, the heat came upon his head, and he fell on his bed, and died in the city of Bethu´lia: and they buried him with his fathers in the field between Dothan and Ba´lamo.
4 So Judith was a widow in her house three years and four months.
5 And she made her a tent upon the top of her house, and put on sackcloth upon her loins, and wore her widow's apparel.