Tobit, whose sight was restored after eight years, reaches a great age and before dying tells Tobias to leave Nineveh for Media, because the prophecy of Jonah against the city will be fulfilled. He foresees the exile and the burning of the Temple, then the return, the rebuilding of Jerusalem and the turning of the nations to God, and urges his children to keep the law and give alms, recalling how Aman's treachery against Achiacharus came to nothing. Tobias buries his parents, settles at Ecbatana with Raguel, inherits both houses, and before his death at 127 hears with joy of the fall of Nineveh.
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Nineveh
View on MapAssyrian capital where Tobit lives in exile, buries the dead and is blinded; his last words announce its fall
Tigris River
View on MapRiver where Tobias, guided by the angel, catches the fish whose heart, liver and gall will heal
Jerusalem
View on MapCity where young Tobit went up with his tithes, and whose rebuilding in glory his final hymn foresees
The Temple
View on MapThe Temple in Jerusalem was the permanent house of worship built by Solomon on Mount Moriah. Destroyed by Babylon, it was rebuilt by Zerubbabel and later greatly expanded by Herod. Jesus taught in the Temple courts, cleared it of merchants, and predicted its destruction, which occurred in 70 AD.
Position in Book
Tobit's Trials in NinevehChapters 1-2
Two Prayers HeardChapters 3
A Father's CounselChapters 4
The Journey with the AngelChapters 5-6
Marriage and DeliveranceChapters 7-9
Return and HealingChapters 10-11
The Angel RevealedChapters 12
Tobit's Hymn and Last WordsChapters 13-14
Tobit praises God and the future glory of Jerusalem, foretells the fall of Nineveh, and his son's family leaves for Media.