Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Tobit a High Official of King Hoshea of Israel

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by

Damien F. Mackey

King Hoshea of Israel was politically active during the reign of king Shalmaneser [V] of Assyria, whose kingdom the latter eventually destroyed.  It would be fitting, then, that Tobit, the father of Tobias (= Job), who was taken into captivity by this same Shalmaneser, and who was from the northern kingdom of Israel (tribe of Naphtali), would once have served as a high official also for Hoshea. 

Why? 

Because Tobit himself tells us that he had been given a ‘roving commission’ by king “Shalmaneser” of Assyria, who “gave him leave to go whithersoever he would, with liberty to do whatever he had in mind” (Tobit 1:14, Douay version).  In other words, Tobit was a great man of that time. 

Now, given my argument that the name ‘Tobit’ is just a variant of the name, ‘Obadiah,

Obadiah is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant of Yahweh" or "worshipper of Yahweh. "[1] It is cognate to the Arabic name ‘Abdullah.  The form of his name used in the Septuagint is Obdios; in Latin it is Abdias. 

What adds further intrigue to all this is that Mohammed’s mother was Amina, whilst Tobit’s wife was Anna.  So the parents of young Tobias were ‘Obadiah (= ‘Abdullah) and Anna, whilst those of Mohammed were ‘Abdullah and Amina. 

Tobit is the standout for ‘Abdi, the high minister of king Hoshea of Israel. 

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