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• So his retainers lifted him out of his own chariot, transferred him to one which he had in reserve and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died and was buried in the tombs of his ancestors. All Judah and Jerusalem held mourning for Josiah. (2 Chronicles 35, 24)

• From then on, half my own retainers went on working, while the other half stood by, armed with spears, shields, bows and armour to protect the whole House of Judah as they rebuilt the wall. (Nehemiah 4, 10)

• I too, with my brothers and retainers, have lent them money and grain. Let us cancel these pledges. (Nehemiah 5, 10)

• For this you handed their leaders over to slaughter, and their bed, defiled by their treachery, was itself betrayed in blood. You struck the slaves with the chieftains and the chieftains with their retainers. (Judith 9, 3)