Susanna and the Elders

One day Susannah, a lovely young Babylonian wife who believed that she was entirely alone, was bathing in her orchard when two respected elders—judges!—from the community came out of hiding and accosted her. They told her that if she refused to have sex with them, they would report that they had seen her with an illicit lover. When she refused anyway, they carried out their plan. She was in a tough spot, because adultery was punishable by death. The community was about to execute her when the young prophet Daniel spoke up to ask that true justice be done. He was allowed to question the elders separately, which revealed inconsistencies in their stories. Susannah was vindicated, and the elders were put to death.