2 Kings 3:27

3:27 So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel, ¹  so they broke off the attack ²  and returned to their homeland.

2 Kings 12:21

12:21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. ³  He was buried ⁴  with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.

2 Kings 19:37

19:37 One day, ⁵  as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, ⁶  his sons ⁷  Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. ⁸  They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

2 Kings 21:7

21:7 He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. ⁹ 

[3:27]  ¹ tn Heb “there was great anger against Israel.”

[3:27]  ² tn Heb “they departed from him.”

[12:21]  ³ tn Heb “struck him down and he died.”

[12:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “they buried him.”

[19:37]  ⁵ sn The assassination probably took place in 681 b.c.

[19:37]  ⁶ sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name is a corruption of Nusku.

[19:37]  ⁷ tc Although “his sons” is absent in the Kethib, it is supported by the Qere, along with many medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions. Cf. Isa 37:38.

[19:37]  ⁸ sn 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), 239-40.

[21:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name perpetually (or perhaps “forever”).”