“Then,
Putting the first elder
To one side,
He ordered them
To bring in the other elder.
Daniel said to him.
‘You!
Offspring of Canaan!
Not offspring of Judah!
Beauty has beguiled you!
Lust has perverted
Your heart!
This is how
You both
Have been treating
The daughters of Israel.
They were intimate
With you
Through fear.
But a daughter of Judah
Would not tolerate
Your wickedness.’”
When he was finished with the first elder, he asked that the second elder be brought in to him. Daniel once again berated this second old judge. This time, he claimed that this elder was not from Judah, but from the pagan Canaanite area. Daniel maintained that this judge, along with his other elder judge had a perverted lust in their hearts, since beauty beguiled them. They had been both mistreating the daughters of Israel, forcing them to be sexually intimate with them out of fear. However, this daughter of Judah, Susanna, would not tolerate their wickedness.