² But it was in Ecbatana, the capital in the province of Media, that a scroll was found on which this was written: “A record.

⁶ “Yes,” he replied, “I have been there many times; I am acquainted with it and know all the roads. I have often traveled to Media and would stay with our kinsman Gabael who lives in Rages of Media. It is a journey of two days from Ecbatana to Rages, for it lies in a mountainous area, while Ecbatana is in the middle of the plain.”

Arrival at Home of Raguel

7 Now when they^[a] entered Ecbatana, Tobias^[b] said to him, “Azariah, my brother, take me straight to our brother Raguel.” So he took him to Raguel’s house, where they found him sitting beside the courtyard door. They greeted him first, and he replied, “Many greetings, my brothers; welcome and good health!” Then he brought them into his house.^(A)

¹² When Tobias’s mother died, he buried her beside his father. Then he and his wife^[a] returned to Media and settled in Ecbatana with Raguel his father-in-law.^(A)

Arphaxad Fortifies Ecbatana

1 It was the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled over the Assyrians in the great city of Nineveh. In those days Arphaxad ruled over the Medes in Ecbatana.^(A)

² He built walls around Ecbatana with hewn stones three cubits thick and six cubits long; he made the walls seventy cubits high and fifty cubits wide.

³ While he was in Ecbatana, news came to him of what had happened to Nicanor and the forces of Timothy.^(A)