Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation This was actually the second time Ahikar was appointed to this position, for when Sennacherib was emperor of Assyria, Ahikar had been wine steward, treasurer, and accountant, and had been in charge of the official seal. Since Ahikar was my nephew, he put in a good word for me with the emperor, and I was allowed to return to Nineveh. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But when it was told the king, he commanded him to be slain, and took away all his substance. Tobit 1:20He fed the hungry, and gave clothes to the naked, and was careful to bury the dead, and they that were slain. Tobit 1:21 And when king Sennacherib was come back, fleeing from Judea by reason of the slaughter that God had made about him for his blasphemy, and being angry slew many of the children of Israel, Tobias buried their bodies. Tobit 1:23 But Tobias fleeing naked away with his son and with his wife, lay concealed, for many loved him. Tobit 1:24 But after forty-five days, the king was killed by his own sons. Context Tobit 1…21And when king Sennacherib was come back, fleeing from Judea by reason of the slaughter that God had made about him for his blasphemy, and being angry slew many of the children of Israel, Tobias buried their bodies. 22But when it was told the king, he commanded him to be slain, and took away all his substance. 23But Tobias fleeing naked away with his son and with his wife, lay concealed, for many loved him.… Cross References Tobit 1:20 He fed the hungry, and gave clothes to the naked, and was careful to bury the dead, and they that were slain. Tobit 1:21 And when king Sennacherib was come back, fleeing from Judea by reason of the slaughter that God had made about him for his blasphemy, and being angry slew many of the children of Israel, Tobias buried their bodies. Tobit 1:23 But Tobias fleeing naked away with his son and with his wife, lay concealed, for many loved him. Tobit 1:24 But after forty-five days, the king was killed by his own sons. |