2Ki 19:34-37 - Commentary

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Text -- 2 Kings 19:34-37 (NET)

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19:34 I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.’” 19:35 That very night the Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses. 19:36 So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh. 19:37 One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

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Names, People and Places:

· Adrammelech a god of the Assyrians for whom they burned their children,son of Sennacherib the King of Assyria in the time of Hezekiah

· Ararat a mountain, the surrounding land, & a kingdom in the area

· Assyria a member of the nation of Assyria

· Assyrian a member of the nation of Assyria

· David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

· Esar-Haddon son and successor of Sennacherib the King of Assyria

· Esar-haddon son and successor of Sennacherib the King of Assyria

· Nineveh a town located on the left bank of the Tigris River in northeastern Mesopotamia (Iraq).,the capital city of Assyria

· Nisroch a pagan god

· Sennacherib king of Assyria; enemy of King Hezekiah of Judah

· Sharezer son of Sennacherib the King of Assyria in the time of Hezekiah,a man sent by the returned exiles to get a word from the Lord

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NET Notes: 2Ki 19:34 Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 19:35 Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 19:36 Heb “and Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and lived in Nineveh.”

NET Notes: 2Ki 19:37 Extra-biblical sources also mention the assassination of Sennacherib, though they refer to only one assassin. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB...

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