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THE BAB ONIAN CAPTIVITY
THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON
hers of the king's own family. The prophet Ezechiel was given great freedom. He went about and en­ couraged the Jewish people to trust in God to deliver them from captivity.
While the Jews were in captivity, they were gov­ Daniel erned by elders of their own race. These elders often sav
came to the house of a man named Joakim and his wife, Susanna, to judge the cases brought to them by the people.
One day when the people had left the house, Susanna walked in her husband's orchard. Some of
Susana
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