2 Kings 19:37

37 It happened that he [was] worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, and Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword. Then they escaped [into] the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.

2 Kings 19:37 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:37

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

2 Kings 19:37 In-Context

35 It happened in that night that an angel of Yahweh went out, and he struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of Assyria. When they got up early in the morning, look! All of them [were] dead corpses.
36 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria set out and went and returned and lived in Nineveh.
37 It happened that he [was] worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, and Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword. Then they escaped [into] the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. So Kethib; Qere adds "his sons"
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