ksvsnh byn hchvchym (syr v v) vv.1-4. Susanna -- her husband, family, and house.5, 6. Two newly-appointed Elders resort thither for official purposes.7-14. How they yielded to the lust of the eye,' and laid their plot.15-21. How they attempted to carry it out.22-26. Susanna's soliloquy and cry.27-41. The Elders' false accusation in private and in public, resulting in her condemnation to death.42-44. Her prayer.45-49. The inspiration of Daniel to clear her.50-59. He re-opens the case, and proves the Elders to be false: 60-62. The death-penalty is transferred to them, and Susanna is delivered, 63, 64. Whose family thank God; while Daniel's reputation is established. N.B. -- It is not clear why the heading' or contents' in the A. V. begins with v.16. Cf. the heading of Bel and the Dragon for a similar ignoring of the early verses, as also that of I. Macc i. |