1Tobit was from the tribe and city of Naphtali (which is in the upper parts of Galilee above Asher, after the way, which leads to the west, that has on its left the city of Sephet).stylusDaniel 9:1, Daniel 9:1, Esther 8:9, Esther 8:9, Esther 9:302Although he had been taken captive in the days of Shalmaneser, the king of the Assyrians, even in such a situation as captivity, he did not desert the way of truth.stylusNehemiah 1:1, Nehemiah 1:1, 2 Samuel 7:1, 2 Samuel 7:1, Daniel 8:23So then, every day, all that he was able to obtain, he bestowed on his fellow captive brothers, who were from his kindred.stylusMark 6:21, Mark 6:21, Esther 2:18, Daniel 5:1, Esther 2:184And, when he was among the youngest of any in the tribe of Naphtali, he showed not so much as any childish behavior in his work.stylusJob 40:10, Job 40:10, Psalms 93:1, Daniel 7:9, Daniel 7:145And then, when all went to the golden calves which Jeroboam, king of Israel, had made, he alone fled from the company of them all.stylusEsther 7:7, Esther 7:8, Esther 7:7, Esther 7:8, 2 Chronicles 30:216Yet he continued on to Jerusalem, to the temple of the Lord, and there he adored the Lord God of Israel, offering faithfully all his first-fruits and his tithes.stylusAmos 6:4, Amos 6:4, Ezekiel 23:41, Ezekiel 23:41, Esther 7:87So then, in the third year, he administered all his tithes to new converts and to new arrivals.stylusDaniel 5:2, Daniel 5:4, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:4, 2 Chronicles 9:208These and similar such things, even as a boy, he observed according to the law of God.stylusHabakkuk 2:15, Habakkuk 2:16, Habakkuk 2:15, Habakkuk 2:16, Jeremiah 51:79Truly, when he had become a man, he received as wife Anna of his own tribe, and he conceived a son by her, to whom he assigned his own name.stylusEsther 5:4, Esther 5:8, Esther 5:4, Esther 5:810From his infancy, he taught him to fear God and to abstain from all sin.stylusEsther 7:9, Judges 16:25, Esther 7:9, Judges 16:25, 2 Samuel 13:2811Therefore, when, during the captivity, he had arrived with his wife and son at the city of Nineveh, with all his tribe,stylusProverbs 31:30, Proverbs 31:30, Mark 6:21, Mark 6:22, Proverbs 16:912(even though they all ate from the foods of the Gentiles,) he guarded his soul and never was contaminated with their foods.stylusProverbs 19:12, Proverbs 19:12, 1 Peter 3:1, 1 Peter 3:1, Daniel 3:1313And because he was mindful of the Lord with his whole heart, God gave him favor in the sight of Shalmaneser the king.stylus1 Chronicles 12:32, 1 Chronicles 12:32, Daniel 2:2, Jeremiah 10:7, Daniel 2:214And he gave him the power to go wherever he would want, having the freedom to do whatever he wished.stylus2 Kings 25:19, 2 Kings 25:19, Ezra 7:14, Ezra 7:14, Matthew 18:1015Therefore, he continued on to all who were in captivity, and he gave them helpful advice.stylusEsther 6:6, Esther 6:616But when he had arrived at Rages, a city of the Medes, he had ten talents of silver, from that which he had been given in honor by the king.stylus1 Corinthians 6:7, 1 Corinthians 6:8, Acts 18:14, Acts 25:10, 1 Corinthians 6:717And when, in the midst of the great tumult of his kindred, he saw the destitution of Gabael, who was from his tribe, he loaned him, under a written agreement, the aforementioned weight of silver.stylusEphesians 5:33, 2 Samuel 6:16, Ephesians 5:33, 2 Samuel 6:1618In truth, after a long time, Shalmaneser the king died, while Sennacherib his son reigned in his place, and he held a hatred for the sons of Israel.stylusJudges 5:29, 1 Kings 11:3, Judges 5:29, 1 Kings 11:319Every day, Tobit traveled through all his own people, and he consoled them, and he distributed to each one as much as he could from his resources.stylusEsther 8:8, 1 Samuel 15:28, Esther 8:8, 1 Samuel 15:28, Esther 8:520He nourished the hungry, and he supplied clothes to the naked, and he showed concern for the burial of the dead and of the slain.stylusColossians 3:18, Colossians 3:18, Ephesians 5:33, Ephesians 5:22, 1 Peter 3:121And then, when king Sennacherib had returned from Judea, fleeing the scourge which God had caused all around him because of his blasphemy, and, being angry, he was slaughtering many from the sons of Israel, Tobit buried their bodies.stylusEsther 2:4, Genesis 41:37, Esther 2:4, Genesis 41:37, Esther 1:1922And when it was reported to the king, he ordered him to be slain, and he took away all his belongings.stylusEsther 3:12, Esther 8:9, Esther 3:12, Esther 8:9, Ephesians 5:2223In truth, Tobit, fleeing with nothing but his son and his wife, was able to remain hidden because many loved him.stylus24In truth, after forty-five days, the king was slain by his own sons,stylus25and Tobit was able to return to his house, and all his resources were restored to him.stylus