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Tobit 1:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Tobit 1:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 1
A Man Called Tobit. 1 This book relates the story of Tobit,[a] son of Tobiel, son of Hananiel, son of Aduel, son of Gabael of the family of Asiel, of the tribe of Naphtali. 2 During the reign of Shalmaneser,[b] king of Assyria, Tobit was taken into captivity from Thisbe, which is south of Kedesh Naphtali in Upper Galilee, above Hazor and some distance to the west of Asher, north of Phogor.
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- Tobit 1:1 Note that though the account begins in the third person, from 1:3—3:6 it uses the first person. Tobit is short for Tobiahu, “God is my good.”
- Tobit 1:2 Shalmaneser V (727–722 B.C.) was the Assyrian king who began the siege of Samaria, but it was Sargon II (722–705 B.C.) who captured it and took its inhabitants into exile.
