•“Tobiah the slave, the Ammonite,” played a conspicuous part in the rancorous position made by
Sanballat the Moabite and his adherents to the rebuilding of Jerusalem. (B.C. 446.) The two races
of Moab and Ammon found in these men fit representatives of that hereditary hatred to the Israelites
which began before the entrance into Caanan, and was not extinct when the Hebrews had ceased
to exist as a nation. But Tobiah, though a slave, (Nehemiah 2:10,19)—unless, this is a title of
opprobrium—and an Ammonite, found means to ally himself with a priestly family, and his son
Johanan married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. (Nehemiah 6:18) He himself
was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, (Nehemiah 6:17) and these family relations
created for him a strong faction among the Jews.
Tobijah
(goodness of Jehovah).
•One of the Levites sent by Jehoshaphat, to teach the law in the cities of Judah. (2 Chronicles 17:8)
(B.C. 910.)
•One of the captivity in the time of Zechariah, in whose presence the prophet,as commanded to
take crowns of silver and gold and put them on the head of Joshua the high priest. (Zechariah
6:10,14) (B.C 519.)
Tobit, Book Of
a book of the Apocryphal which exists at present in Greek, Latin, Syriac and Hebrew texts, but
it was probably written originally in Greek. The scene of the book is placed in Assyria, whither
Tobit, a Jew, had been carried as a captive by Shalmaneser. It is represented and completed shortly
after the fall of Nineveh (B.C. 606), Tob. 14:15, and written, in the main, some time before. Tob.
12:20. But the whole tone of the narrative bespeaks a later age and above all, the doctrine of good
and evil spirits is elaborated in a form which belongs to a period considerably posterior to the
Babylonian captivity. Asmodeus iii. 8; vi. 14; viii. 3; Raphael xii. 15. It cannot be regarded as a
true history. It is a didactic narrative and its point lies in the moral lessons which it conveys, and
not in the incidents. In modern times the moral excellence of the book has been rated highly, except
in the heat of controversy. Nowhere else is there preserved so complete and beautiful a picture of
the domestic life of the Jews after the return. Almost every family relation is touched upon with
natural grace and affection. A doctrinal feature of the book is the firm belief in a glorious restoration
of the Jewish people. Tob. 14:5; 13:9-18. But the restoration contemplated is national, and not the
work of a universal Saviour. In all there is not the slightest trace of the belief in a personal Messiah.
Tochen
(task), a place mentioned in (1 Chronicles 4:32) only, among the towns of Simeon.
Togarmah
a son of Gomer, of the family of Japheth, and brother of Ashkenaz and Riphath. (Genesis 10:3)
His descendants became a people engaged in agriculture, breeding horses and mules to be sold in
Tyre. (Ezekiel 27:14) They were also a military people, well skilled in the use of arms. Togarmah
was probably the ancient name of Armenia.
Tohu
(lowly), an ancestor of Samuel the prophet, perhaps the same as Toah. (1 Samuel 1:1) comp.
1Chr 6:34
Toi
frankie
(Frankie)
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