1 Tobit 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).
2 Although 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.
3 So then, every day, all that he was able to obtain, he bestowed on his fellow captive brothers, who were from his kindred.
4 And, 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.
5 And then, when all went to the golden calves which Jeroboam, king of Israel, had made, he alone fled from the company of them all.
6 Yet 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.
7 So then, in the third year, he administered all his tithes to new converts and to new arrivals.
8 These and similar such things, even as a boy, he observed according to the law of God.
9 Truly, 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.
10 From his infancy, he taught him to fear God and to abstain from all sin.
11 Therefore, when, during the captivity, he had arrived with his wife and son at the city of Nineveh, with all his tribe,
12 (even though they all ate from the foods of the Gentiles,) he guarded his soul and never was contaminated with their foods.
13 And because he was mindful of the Lord with his whole heart, God gave him favor in the sight of Shalmaneser the king.
14 And he gave him the power to go wherever he would want, having the freedom to do whatever he wished.
15 Therefore, he continued on to all who were in captivity, and he gave them helpful advice.
16 But 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.
17 And 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.
18 In 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.
19 Every day, Tobit traveled though all his own people, and he consoled them, and he distributed to each one as much as he could from his resources.
20 He nourished the hungry, and he supplied clothes to the naked, and he showed concern for the burial of the dead and of the slain.
21 And 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.
22 And when it was reported to the king, he ordered him to be slain, and he took away all his belongings.
23 In truth, Tobit, fleeing with nothing but his son and his wife, was able to remain hidden because many loved him.
24 In truth, after forty-five days, the king was slain by his own sons,
25 and Tobit was able to return to his house, and all his resources were restored to him.
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Tobias 1 describes the genealogy of Tobias and his loyalty to the Assyrian king. There are no specific themes in this chapter that may be related to other verses of the Bible. However, there is a mention of Sambalate, a Samaritan governor who is also mentioned in Nehemiah as an opponent of Nehemiah and the Jewish people. Therefore, the verses selected below address hostility between Jews and Samaritans and the importance of loyalty to God.
Ezra 4:1-3: "Now the opponents of Judah and Benjamin learned that the children of captivity built a temple to the Lord, God of Israel. Let them edify with us; for, as you seek your God, and we have offered sacrifices from the days of Esar-Hadom, king of Assyria, who made us come here. But Zerubbabel, Jesua and the other chiefs of houses Paternal of Israel said unto them, You have nothing to do with us in building the house of our God, but we will build it to the Lord, God of Israel, as King Cyrus commanded us, king of Persia. " This verse shows hostility between the Jews and the Samaritans during the reconstruction of the temple in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 2:19-20: "Listening to him Sambalate, the Horonite, and Tobias the Ammonite Servant, this disliked them, with great disgust, that someone came to look for the good of the sons of Israel. And I went to them, and said and said -Ches: You see the evil in which we are, that Jerusalem is plagued, and that its doors have been burned; come, then, will build the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be reproired. " This verse mentions Sambalate, a Samaritan governor who is an opponent of Nehemiah and the Jewish people.
Psalm 33:12: "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, and the people to which he chose for his inheritance." This verse highlights the importance of loyalty to God.
Isaiah 44:21: "Remember these things, O Jacob, and you, Israel, because you are my servant: I graduated you, my servant you are, O Israel, I will not forget you." This verse emphasizes God's faithfulness to his chosen people.
Jeremiah 29:13, "You will seek me, and you will find me, when you seek me from all your heart." This verse shows the importance of God's sincere search and its purpose for our lives.
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