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Thus the words of Tobit's thanks came to an end. He died in peace at the age of 112 and was given an honorable burial in Nineveh.
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He was 62 years old when he went blind, and after regaining his sight, he lived in wealth and gave to the poor. He continued to praise God and tell about God's greatness.
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Now when Tobit was dying, he summoned Tobias his son and seven grandsons and gave him instructions, saying, “My child, take your children
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and hurry away to Media. I trust God's word that Nahum spoke about Nineveh; everything will come true and happen to Assyria and Nineveh. Indeed, everything that the prophets of Israel sent by God have said will actually occur. None of their words will fail, and everything will happen in its own time. Thus it will be safer in Media than in Assyria and Babylon. I know then and believe that everything that God has said will be accomplished and come true. Not a single detail of what they have spoken will fail to happen. All our relatives who dwell in the land of Israel will be scattered, and they will be taken away from that good land into captivity. The entire land of Israel will be deserted. Samaria and Jerusalem will be deserted, and after a while even God's house, still in mourning, will be destroyed by fire.
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“But God will have mercy on them again. God will bring them back to the land of Israel, and they will rebuild the house, though not like the first one, until the appointed time has been fulfilled. Afterward, they will all return from the places where they are captives and build Jerusalem in grandeur. God's house will be built in it, just as Israel's prophets have predicted about it.