Bible Verses

When Shalmaneser died, his son Sennacherib became king in his place. During his reign, the highways of Media were in a state of rebellion, so I could no longer travel to Media.

I used to go to Media to make purchases for him until he died; one day, I left a sack containing ten talents of silver on deposit with Gabael, brother of Gabrias, at Rages in Media.

The Most High allowed Shalmaneser to respect me, and I became his buyer.

because I remembered God with all my heart.

But I watched over myself so as not to eat it

When I was taken to the city of Nineveh as a prisoner, all my relatives and our family members ate the pagans’ food.

When I reached manhood, I married Anna of our ancestors’ race, and she bore me a son, Tobiah.

I gave the third tithe to the orphans, widows, and pagan converts who had joined the Israelites. I gave it to them every three years, and we ate according to the rules laid out in the law of Moses and based on the recommendations made by Deborah, my father’s mother, because my father had left

I gave these offerings to the altar, to the priests, sons of Aaron; I also gave a tithe of the grain, wine, olives, pomegranates, figs, and other fruits to the Levites who served in Jerusalem. I sold the second tithe every six years and then used the money for distribution in Jerusalem.

I, alone, often traveled to Jerusalem for the feasts, as commanded for all the people of Israel by an eternal decree. I carried the firstfruits and tithes of my harvest and the first shearing of my sheep.