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ANALYSIS. (Θ)
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.
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