The interpretation timeline

Tob 1:2

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Tob 1:2 · Douay-Rheims
“When he was made captive in the days of Salmanasar king of the Assyrians, even in his captivity, forsook not the way of truth,”
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“Salmanasar. When Osee was conquered, in the year of the world 3283. See 4 Kings xvii. 6. — Truth. His constancy in the observance of the true religion was so much the more wonderful, as he was rich, and lived among the wicked. (Calmet)”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.