Contents
| « Prev | Analysis | Next » |
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.
| « Prev | Analysis | Next » |