Isaiah 37:38
And it came to pass, as he was bowing down in the house of Nisroch his god, that, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons, smote him with the sword, howbeit, they, escaped into the land of Ararat,—and, Esarhaddon his son, reigned, in his stead.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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2 Kings 19:36So Sennacherib king of Assyria brake up, and went his way, and returned,—and remained in Nineveh.
2 Chronicles 32:19And they spake against the God of Jerusalem,—as against the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of the hands of men.
Ezra 4:2then drew they near unto Zerubbabel, and unto the ancestral chiefs, and said unto them, Let us build with you, for, like you, we seek your God, and, unto him, have, we, been sacrificing since the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.
Isaiah 14:12How hast thou fallen from heaven, O Shining One—Son of the Dawn! Hewn down to the earth, O crusher of nations!
Isaiah 36:18Lest Hezekiah, persuade you, saying, Yahweh will deliver us! Have the gods of the nations, delivered,—any one of them—his country, out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Isaiah 37:10Thus, shall ye surely speak unto Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom, thou, art trusting, beguile thee, saying,—Jerusalem, shall not be given over, into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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 →