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.