Tobit 14:12-15
New Catholic Bible
12 They placed him on his bed, where he died, and he received an honorable burial.
The Last Days of Tobiah
When his mother died, Tobiah buried her beside his father. Then he and his wife and children returned to Media and settled in Ecbatana with his father-in-law Raguel. 13 He treated his wife’s aging parents with great care and respect, and later he buried them in Ecbatana in Media.
Tobiah inherited the estate of Raguel as well as that of his father Tobit. 14 Greatly respected, he died at the age of one hundred and seventeen. 15 Before his death he heard of the destruction of Nineveh and witnessed the exile of the city’s inhabitants whom King Cyaxares[a] of Media had taken captive.
Tobiah praised God for everything he had inflicted on the inhabitants of Nineveh and Assyria. Before his death he rejoiced over the fate of Nineveh, and he blessed the Lord God forever and ever. Amen.
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- Tobit 14:15 Cyaxares established the power of Media by teaming with Nabopolassar, king of Babylon, to subdue the power of Nineveh, which they destroyed in 612 B.C.
