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Isaiah 37:37

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37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
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Isaiah 37:37 in Other Translations

KJV
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
ESV
37 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.
NLT
37 Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.
MSG
37 Sennacherib, king of Assyria, got out of there fast, back home to Nineveh.
CSB
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned [home] and lived in Nineveh.

Isaiah 37:37 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 37:37

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went, and
returned
Being informed of the destruction of his army in this miraculous manner, he departed from the place where he was in all haste, fearing lest he himself should be destroyed in like manner; and having no forces to pursue his designs, or wherewith to make an attempt elsewhere, he made the best of his way at once into his own country, whither he returned with great shame and confusion:

and dwelt at Nineveh;
the metropolis of his kingdom; see ( Genesis 10:11 Genesis 10:12 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Isaiah 37:37 In-Context

35 “I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!”
36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S 2 Chronicles 32:1
  • 2. S Genesis 10:11; S Nahum 1:1
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