Tobit 1:19-21
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
19 Then one of the Ninevites went and informed the king about me, that I was burying them; so I hid myself. But when I realized that the king knew about me and that I was being searched for to be put to death, I was afraid and ran away. 20 Then all my property was confiscated; nothing was left to me that was not taken into the royal treasury, except my wife Anna and my son Tobias.
21 But not forty[a] days passed before two of Sennacherib’s[b] sons killed him, and they fled to the mountains of Ararat, and his son Esar-haddon[c] reigned after him. He appointed Ahikar, the son of my brother Hanael[d] over all the accounts of his kingdom, and he had authority over the entire administration.
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- Tobit 1:21 Other ancient authorities read either forty-five or fifty
- Tobit 1:21 Gk his
- Tobit 1:21 Gk Sacherdonos
- Tobit 1:21 Other authorities read Hananael
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