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story of Tobit,* son of Tobiel, son of Hananiel, son of Aduel,
son of Gabael, son of Raphael, son of Raguel, of the family of
Asiel and the tribe of Naphtali. 2During the days of
Shalmaneser,* king of the Assyrians, he was taken captive from
Thisbe, which is south of Kedesh Naphtali in upper Galilee,
above and to the west of Asher, north of Phogor.a His Virtue.
3I, Tobit, have walked all the days of my life on paths of
fidelity and righteousness. I performed many charitable deeds
for my kindred and my people who had been taken captive with me
to Nineveh, in the land of the Assyrians. 4When I lived as a
young man in my own country, in the land of Israel, the entire
tribe of my ancestor Naphtali broke away from the house of
David, my ancestor, and from Jerusalem, the city that had been
singled out of all Israel’s tribes that all Israel might offer
sacrifice there. It was the place where t