4
Joakim was very rich, and he had a large private garden next to his home. The Jews came to him because he was the most honored among them.
5
Two elders among the people had been appointed as judges that year. It was about them that the Lord had spoken: "Lawless disorder has come out of Babylon, from elders, from judges who were supposed to guide the people."
6
These men spent a lot of time at Joakim's house, and all the people with lawsuits came to them.
7
When the people went away in the middle of the day, Susanna would walk around her husband's private garden.
8
Every day the two elders would see her coming in and walking around, and they desired her sexually.