| 21 | But not fifty days passed before two of Sennacherib's sons killed him, and they fled to the mountains of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place; and he appointed Ahikar, the son of my brother Anael, over all the accounts of his kingdom and over the entire administration. | Tobit's nephew rescues him. Tob.1.21-22 | καὶ οὐ διῆλθον ἡμέραι τεσσαράκοντα ἕως οὗ ἀπέκτειναν αὐτὸν οἱ δύο υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔφυγον εἰς τὰ ὄρη Αραρατ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Σαχερδονος υἱὸς αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτόν. καὶ ἔταξεν Αχιχαρον τὸν Αναηλ τὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου υἱὸν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἐκλογιστίαν τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸς εἶχεν τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν διοίκησιν. |
| 22 | Ahikar interceded for me, and I returned to Nineveh. Now Ahikar was cupbearer, keeper of the signet, and in charge of administration of the accounts, for Esarhaddon had appointed him second to himself. He was my nephew. | | τότε ἠξίωσεν Αχιχαρος περὶ ἐμοῦ, καὶ κατῆλθον εἰς τὴν Νινευη. Αχιχαρος γὰρ ἦν ὁ ἀρχιοινοχόος καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ δακτυλίου καὶ διοικητὴς καὶ ἐκλογιστῆς ἐπὶ Σενναχηριμ βασιλέως Ἀσσυρίων, καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν Σαχερδονος ἐκ δευτέρας· ἦν δὲ ἐξάδελφός μου καὶ ἐκ τῆς συγγενείας μου. |
