Daniel 13:1
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III. Appendix: Susanna, Bel, and the Dragon[a]
Chapter 13
Susanna. 1 In Babylon there lived a man named Joakim,
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- 13:1–14:42 The short stories in these two chapters exist now only in Greek and other translations, but probably were first composed in Hebrew or Aramaic. They were never part of the Hebrew-Aramaic Book of Daniel, or of the Hebrew Bible. They are excluded from the Protestant canon of Scripture, but the Catholic Church has always included them among the inspired writings; they existed in the Septuagint, which was used as its Bible by the early church.
Daniel 13:4
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4 Joakim was very rich and he had a garden near his house. The Jews had recourse to him often because he was the most respected of them all.
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Daniel 13:28
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28 When the people came to her husband Joakim the next day, the two wicked old men also came, full of lawless intent to put Susanna to death.
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Daniel 13:29
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29 Before the people they ordered: “Send for Susanna, the daughter of Hilkiah, the wife of Joakim.” When she was sent for,
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Daniel 13:63
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63 Hilkiah and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna, with Joakim her husband and all her relatives, because she was found innocent of any shameful deed.
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