Tobit 1:10-15

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Taken Captive to Nineveh

¹⁰ After I was carried away captive to Assyria and came as a captive to Nineveh, everyone of my kindred and my people ate the food of the nations,^{(A) 11} but I kept myself from eating the food of the nations.^{(B) 12} Because I was mindful of God with all my heart, ¹³ the Most High gave me favor and good standing with Shalmaneser,^[a] and I used to buy everything he needed. ¹⁴ Until his death I used to go into Media to buy for him there, and I left in trust bags holding ten talents of silver with Gabael, the brother of Gabri, in the country of Media.^{(C) 15} But when Shalmaneser^[b] died and his son Sennacherib reigned in his place, Median roads became lawless, and I could no longer travel to Media.^(D)