2 Kings 19:37
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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 escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
In other translations
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 escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961הוּאhu'heH1931מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהmishtachaveh[was] bowing downH7812בֵּית׀beit[the] house ofH1004נִסְרֹךְnisrokhNisrochH5268אֱלֹהָיו'elohavgod hisH430וְאַדְרַמֶּלֶךְve'adramelekhand AdrammelechH152וְשַׂרְאֶצֶר בָּנָיוvesar'etzer banavand Sharezer sons hisH8272הִכֻּהוּhikuhuthey struck down himH5221בַחֶרֶבvacherevwith the swordH2719וְהֵמָּהvehemahand theyH1992נִמְלְטוּnimletuthey escapedH4422אֶרֶץ'eretz[the] land ofH776אֲרָרָט'araratAraratH780וַיִּמְלֹךְvaiyimlokhand he became kingH4427אֵסַר־'esar-Esar-H634חַדֹּןchadon-haddonH634בְּנוֹbenoson hisH1121תַּחְתָּיו׃ פtachtavin place of himH8478
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Related verses
- Ezra 4:2Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar–haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
- Genesis 8:4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
- Jeremiah 51:27Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her— Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.
- 2 Kings 19:7Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
- 2 Chronicles 32:14Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?
- 2 Kings 18:30Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
- 2 Chronicles 32:21And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
- 2 Kings 18:5He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
- Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
- 2 Chronicles 32:19And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
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People and places
People: Adrammelech (son of Sennacherib), Esarhaddon, Sharezer (son of Sennacherib)