Tobit
Tobit 14
Chapter XIV · Vol. III, p. 1538
3 Tobit giveth instructions to his son, specially to leave Nineve. 11 He and his wife die and are buried. 12 Tobias removeth to Ecbatane, and there dieth, after he had heard of the destruction of Nineve.
1 SO Tobit made an end of praising God.
2 And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight years: 1and he gave alms, and he 2increased in the fear of the Lord God, and praised him.
1 Acts 10.
2 Or, did more and more fear.
3 And when he was very aged, 3he called his son, and the six sons of his son, and said to him, My son, take thy children; for behold, I am aged, and am ready to depart out of this life.
3 Gen. 49. 1.
4 Go into Media, my son, for I surely believe those things which 4Jonas the prophet spake of Nineve, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in 5Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time;
4 Jonah 1. 2.
5 ch. 1. 14.
5 6And that again God will have mercy on them, and bring them again into the land, where they shall build a temple, 7but not like to the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the house of God shall be built in it 8for ever with a glorious building, as the prophets have spoken thereof.
6 And all nations shall turn, and fear the Lord God truly, 9and shall bury their idols.
9 Hos. 14. 8.
7 So shall all nations praise the Lord, and his people shall confess God, and the Lord shall exalt his people; and all those which love the Lord God in truth and justice shall rejoice, shewing mercy to our brethren.
8 And now, my son, *depart out of Nineve, because that those things which the prophet Jonas spake shall surely come to pass.
9 But keep thou the law and the commandments, †and shew thyself merciful and just, that it may go well with thee.
† Mic. 6. 8.
10 And bury me decently, and thy mother with me; but tarry no longer at Nineve. Remember, my son, how Aman handled ‡Achiacharus that brought him up, how out of light he brought him into darkness, and how he rewarded him again: yet Achiacharus was {‖}saved, but the other had his reward: for he went down into darkness. 1Manasses gave alms, and escaped the snares of death 2which they had set for him; but Aman fell into the snare, and perished.
‡ ch. 1. 21, 22.
‖ Or, preserved.
1 Junius readeth Nitzba.
2 Roman, which he had set.
11 Wherefore now, my son, 3consider what alms doeth, and how righteousness doth deliver. When he had said these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed, being a hundred and eight and fifty years old; and 4he buried him honourably.
3 ch. 1. 16. Acts 10. 2.
4 Or, they.
12 And when Anna his mother was dead, he buried her with his father. But Tobias departed with his wife and children to 5Ecbatane to 6Raguel his father-in-law,
5 ch. 7. 1.
6 ch. 11. 1.
13 Where he became old with honour, and he buried his father and mother-in-law honourably, and he 7inherited their substance, and his father Tobit's.
7 Or, possessed.
14 And he died at Ecbatane in Media, 8being a hundred and seven and twenty years old.
8 Job 42. 17.