'''Tobit''' is a book of the [[Septuagint]] ([[Old Testament]]) for both Orthodoxy and [[Catholicism]] containing 14 chapters. It was probably originally written in Aramaic, as four fragmentary copies of the Aramaic text were found at Qumran. The author of the book is unknown. This book tells the story of a righteous Israelite of the [[Tribe of Naphtali]] named Tobit (whose name means, "(YHWH is) my good", Heb. טובי or טוביהו, Gr. Τωβίτ) living in [[Nineveh]] after the deportation of the northern tribes of Israel to [[Assyria]] in 721 BC under Sargon II. (The first two and a half chapters are written in the first person while the rest are in third person.) He was particularly noted for [[media:Archangel Raphael.jpg|Archangel Raphael]]his diligence in attempting to provide proper burials for fallen Israelites who had been slain by [[Sennacherib]], for which the king seized all his property and exiled him. After Sennacherib's death, he was allowed to return to Nineveh, but again buried a dead man who had been murdered on the street. That night, he slept in the open and was blinded by bird droppings that fell in his eyes. This put a strain on his marriage, and ultimately, he prayed for death.