How does Tobias’s conduct continue through captivity, royal favor and persecution?

Tobias belonged to the tribe and city of Nephthali, situated in upper Galilee above Naasson, beyond the way leading west and having Sephet on the right. Taken captive during the reign of the Assyrian king Salmanasar, Tobias remained steadfast in truth throughout his life, distributing whatever he acquired each day to fellow captive kinsmen. Even in his boyhood, when the rest of his tribe succumbed to the golden calves established by King Jeroboam of Israel, Tobias rejected the idolatrous practice of his contemporaries. He alone journeyed to Jerusalem to adore the Lord God of Israel in the temple, faithfully delivering his firstfruits and tithes, and dedicating every third year's tithe to proselytes and strangers as prescribed by the law of God.

Reaching adulthood, Tobias married Anna, a woman of his own tribe, and fathered a son whom he named Tobias, teaching the child from infancy to fear God and abstain from all sin. When the entire tribe was deported into captivity to Nineveh, Tobias refused to assimilate into pagan customs. While his companions consumed the food of the Gentiles, he guarded his soul and avoided ritual defilement. Because of his wholehearted devotion to the Lord, God granted him favor before King Salmanasar, who granted him unrestricted freedom to travel wherever he wished and act as he saw fit. Tobias utilized this liberty to visit his fellow captives among the captives, offering them spiritual encouragement and sound admonitions.

Traveling to Rages, a city of the Medes, Tobias carried ten talents of silver received through the king's favor. Encountering Gabelus, an impoverished kinsman of his tribe, Tobias took a written receipt of his hand and gave him the sum of ten talents. Following the death of Salmanasar, his son Sennacherib ascended the Assyrian throne and harbored severe hostility toward the Israelites. Undeterred by the worsening climate, Tobias visited his kindred daily, offering comfort and sharing his material goods by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and diligently burying those who died or were slain.

When Sennacherib retreated in disgrace after God struck his army in Judea for his blasphemous defiance, the enraged king slaughtered many Israelites in Nineveh. Tobias buried the corpses of the victims. When this was reported to Sennacherib, he ordered Tobias to be slain and took away all his substance. Stripped of his possessions, Tobias fled with his wife Anna and his son, finding concealment because many loved him. Forty-five days later, Sennacherib was murdered by his own sons. Following the tyrant's death, Tobias returned safely to his home in Nineveh, and all his confiscated property was fully restored to him.