Holy Scripture

Tobit 1:17

Source: Septuagint

Original

17and my clothes to the naked: and if I saw any of my nation dead, or cast about the walls of Nineveh, I buried him.

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15Now when Shalmaneser was dead, Sennacherib his son reigned in his stead; whose estate was troubled, that I could not go into Media.

16And in the time of Shalmaneser I gave many alms to my brethren, and gave my bread to the hungry,

— Tobit 1:17 —

18And if the King Sennacherib had slain any, when he was come, and fled from Judea, I buried them privily; for in his wrath he killed many; but the bodies were not found, when they were sought for of the king.

19And when one of the Ninevites went and complained of me to the king, that I buried them, and hid myself; understanding that I was sought for to be put to death, I withdrew myself for fear.

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