George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Five. Suidas alone reads, “fifty.” Some would suppose that Judith lived 105 years after her husband’s death; so that she might have been in all 125 years old. But she would thus have survived the siege of Jerusalem under Nabuchodonosor; (Calmet) and the text does not require this sense. (Haydock) See Exodus xii. 40. (Tirinus) — Free; as she had been her assistant in such a glorious work. (Menochius) — Died. Greek adds, “in Bethulia; and they buried her in the cave of her husband, Manasses.” See chap. viii. 3.”