2 Kings 19:36

So Saneherib King of Asshur departed, and went his way, and returned, and dwelt in Nineueh.

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In The King James Version

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

In Context

35And the same night the Angell of the Lord went out and smote in the campe of Asshur an hundreth foure score and fiue thousande: so when they rose earely in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

37And as he was in the Temple worshipping Nisroch his god, Adramelech and Sharezer his sonnes slewe him with the sworde: and they escaped into the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon his sonne reigned in his steade.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:11Out of that land came Asshur, and builded Niniueh, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah:

2 Kings 19:28And because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come vp to mine eares, I will put mine hooke in thy nostrels, and my bridle in thy lippes, and will bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest.

Jonah 1:2Arise, and goe to Nineueh, that great citie, and crye against it: for their wickednesse is come vp before mee.

Nahum 1:1The burden of Nineueh. The booke of the vision of Nahum the Elkeshite.

Matthew 12:41The men of Nineue shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and condemne it: for they repented at the preaching of Ionas: and behold, a greater then Ionas 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 →

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