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Tobit 1:21
New Catholic Bible
Tobit 1:21
New Catholic Bible
21 However, less than forty days later the king was murdered by two of his sons, who then fled to the mountains of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon, who succeeded him as king, appointed Ahiqar, the son of my brother Anael, to be in charge of all the revenues of the kingdom, with control of the entire administration.[a]
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- Tobit 1:21 The Book of Ahiqar speaks of him as a principal official of Sennacherib and Esarhaddon whom his ungrateful nephew caused to be condemned to death (see Tob 11:18; 14:10); but Ahiqar hid himself, regained his prominence, and punished his nephew.
