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The critics of the Book of Judith who say it cannot be canonical scripture ''because it contains murder and deceit'' <ref>''Refuting an Attack on the Deuterocanonicals.'' A Response to 11 ‘reasons’ that the Deuterocanonicals Should be Thrown Out of the Bible, By Matt1618. Introduction.</ref> have taken the acts of Judith out of the traditional context of executing the guilty wicked and defending the people of God against their murderous foes, the same inspired context of those books of the Bible which they do accept as canonical. It is interesting that those persons in the Bible who were deceived, and even killed, as Holofernes was killed, had first made themselves enemies of God and murderers, had stubbornly refused to receive the truth, and in true justice, as punishment, were given lies (and death) instead. This is consistent with the judgment against the guilty who plot against the innocent:<blockquote>"You shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you. And the rest shall hear, and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you." Deuternonomy 19:19-20.</blockquote><blockquote>"When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were they thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened...Who changed the truth of God into a lie...And even as they did not like to retain God in ''their'' knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind." Romans 1:21, 25, 28.</blockquote>

The critics of the Book of Judith who say it cannot be canonical scripture ''because it contains murder and deceit'' <ref>''Refuting an Attack on the Deuterocanonicals.'' A Response to 11 ‘reasons’ that the Deuterocanonicals Should be Thrown Out of the Bible, By Matt1618. Introduction.</ref> have taken the acts of Judith out of the traditional context of executing the guilty wicked and defending the people of God against their murderous foes, the same inspired context of those books of the Bible which they do accept as canonical. It is interesting that those persons in the Bible who were deceived, and even killed, as Holofernes was killed, had first made themselves enemies of God and murderers, had stubbornly refused to receive the truth, and in true justice, as punishment, were given lies (and death) instead. This is consistent with the judgment against the guilty who plot against the innocent:<blockquote>"You shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you. And the rest shall hear, and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you." Deuternonomy 19:19-20.</blockquote><blockquote>"When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were they thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened...Who changed the truth of God into a lie...And even as they did not like to retain God in ''their'' knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind." Romans 1:21, 25, 28.</blockquote>

==Historical-grammatical text analysis: historical setting==

==[[Historical-grammatical method (Literal hermeneutic)|Historical-grammatical]] text analysis: historical setting==

==="Nebuchadnezzar ruled over the Assyrians in Nineveh"===

==="Nebuchadnezzar ruled over the Assyrians in Nineveh"===