The Life of Tobit

Tobit's youth and virtuous life I, Tobit, walked in the ways of truth and righteousness all the days of my life. He performed many acts of charity to my brethren and countrymen who went with me in the land of the Assyrians to Nineveh. The whole tribe of Naftali, my forefather, deserted the house of Jerusalem when he was still a young man. All the tribes that joined in apostasy used to sacrifice to the Kaftbaal,. But I alone went often to Jerusalem for the feasts, as it is ordained for all Israel by an everlasting decree. When Chamaniser died, Sennacherib, his son, rained in