2 Kings 4:40

4:40 The stew was poured out ¹  for the men to eat. When they ate some of the stew, they cried out, “Death is in the pot, O prophet!” They could not eat it.

2 Kings 19:37

19:37 One day, ²  as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, ³  his sons ⁴  Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. ⁵  They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

[4:40]  ¹ tn Heb “and they poured out [the stew].” The plural subject is probably indefinite.

[19:37]  ² sn The assassination probably took place in 681 b.c.

[19:37]  ³ sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name is a corruption of Nusku.

[19:37]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ 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.