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23 Her fame continued to increase, and she lived in the house of her husband, reaching the advanced age of one hundred and five.[a](A) She set her maid free. And when she died in Bethulia, they buried her in the cave of her husband, Manasseh;(B)

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  1. 16:23 One hundred and five: long life was a sign of blessing (see Jb 42:16; Prv 16:31; 20:29). The fact that the Maccabean period was one hundred and five years long (168–63 B.C.) may account for assigning this age to Judith.