1. Now there was a man that dwelt in Babylon, and his name was Joakim:
2. And he took a wife whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Helcias, a very beautiful woman, and one that feared God.
3. For her parents being just, had instructed their daughter according to the law of Moses.
4. Now Joakim was very rich, and had an orchard near his house: and the Jews resorted to him, because he was the most honourable of them all.