5. That year, two elders of the people were appointed judges, of whom the Lord said, “Lawlessness has come out of Babylon, that is, from the elders who were to govern the people as judges.”
6. These men, to whom all brought their cases, frequented the house of Joakim.
7. When the people left at noon, Susanna used to enter her husband’s garden for a walk.
8. When the elders saw her enter every day for her walk, they began to lust for her.
9. They perverted their thinking; they would not allow their eyes to look to heaven, and did not keep in mind just judgments.
10. Though both were enamored of her, they did not tell each other their trouble,