2 Kings 19:37
And it came to pass, while he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat; and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
36And Sennacherib king of the Assyrians departed, and went and returned, and dwelt in Nineveh.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:31For their gods are not as our God, 1 But our enemies are void of understanding. 1
2 Kings 18:5He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; and after him there was not any like him among the kings of Judah, nor among those that were before him.
2 Kings 19:7Behold, I send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and shall return to his own land; and I will overthrow him with the sword in his own land.
2 Chronicles 32:14Who is there among all the gods of those nations whom my fathers utterly destroyed, worthy of trust? Could they deliver their people out of my hand, that your God should deliver you out of my hand?
2 Chronicles 32:21And the Lord sent an angel, and he destroyed every mighty man and warrior, and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria: and he returned with shame of face to his own land and came into the house of his god: and some of them that came out of his bowels slew him with the sword.
Isaiah 37:37And Sennacherib king of the Assyrians turned and departed, and dwelt in Nineveh.
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 →