2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went back to his place at Nineveh.
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In The King James Version
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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Cross References
Genesis 10:11From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,
2 Kings 19:28Because your wrath against me and your words of pride have come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.
Jonah 1:2Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and let your voice come to it; for their evil-doing has come up before me.
Nahum 1:1The word about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:36-37
The Assyrian Army Destroyed. ( b. c. 710.) 35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they… Read the whole commentary →