Jesse Tree of Holy Women ~ Susanna

"Drop down dew ye heavens above

and let the clouds rain the just one."

Isaiah 45: 8

"Here I am about to die, though I have done none of the things for which these men have condemned me." Daniel 13: 43

Susanna was a beautiful, God-fearing woman who was falsely accused of adultery by two respected elders who were judges in Babylon. The daughter of righteous parents--her father's name was Hilkiah--the wife of an esteemed and wealthy man--her husband's name was Joakim--she was condemned to death without due process and on the strength of the accusation. As she was about to be executed, Daniel intervened and subjected the judges to a cross-examination, exposing their lie and vindicating this much-loved daughter of Judah (Woman Word by Miriam Therese Winter).