Isaiah 37:37
And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians turned and departed, and dwelt in Nineve.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 10:11Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,
2 Chronicles 32:1And after these things and this faithful dealing, came Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, and he came to Juda, and encamped against the fortified cities, and intended to take them for himself.
Isaiah 31:9for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and he that flees shall be taken. Thus saith the Lord, Blessed is he that has a seed in Sion, and household friends in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 37:7Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and return to his own country, and he shall fall by the sword in his own land.
Jonah 1:2Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.
Jonah 4:11and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and also much cattle?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:22-38
Sennacherib Threatened; Sennacherib Destroyed. ( b. c. 710.) 21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: 22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and… Read the whole commentary →