2 Kings 19:36

2 Kings 19:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
• New International Version (NIV)So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.

Context of 2 Kings 19:36

34“I will make this city safe and I will rescue it. I will do that to show that I am great. I promised my servant David that I would do it. So I will do it.” ’ 35That night, the Lord's angel went to the camp of the Assyrian army. He killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When people got up in the morning, they saw all those dead bodies! So King Sennacherib of Assyria took his army away. He returned to Assyria and he lived in Nineveh. 37One day, Sennacherib was worshipping his god Nisrok in Nisrok's temple. Two of Sennacherib's sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, went in and they killed him with their swords. Then they ran away to the region of Ararat. Sennacherib's son Esarhaddon now ruled Assyria as king.

2 Kings 19:36 word by word

וַיִּסַּ֣ע וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ וַיָּ֖שָׁב סַנְחֵרִ֣יב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִיבsanchêrîyb · SennacheribH5576
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• departedנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• and wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• and returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• at Ninevehנִינְוֵהnîynevêh · NinevehH5210

Cross-references for 2 Kings 19:36

• 2 Kings 19:7Listen to me! I will put a spirit into the king of Assyria's mind. He will hear a report which will cause him to return to his own country. There, in his own land, I will cause someone to kill him with a sword.” ’
• Genesis 10:11From that land he went to Assyria. This is where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah.
• Jonah 1:2He said, ‘Go now to the great city of Nineveh. Tell the people in the city that I know how wicked they are. Tell them that I will punish them because of their sins.’
• Jonah 3:2He said, ‘Now go to that great city, Nineveh. Tell the people there the message that I will give to you.’
• Nahum 1:1Nahum lives in Elkosh and this is his prophecy about the people in Nineveh.
• Nahum 2:8Nineveh is like a pool of water. But now its people run away, like water that is pouring away. ‘Stop, stop!’ they shout, but nobody comes back.
• Matthew 12:41When God judges everyone, the people who lived in Nineveh will be there. They will stand up and they will speak against you. They will show that the people who are alive today are bad. When Jonah spoke to the people in Nineveh long ago, they stopped doing bad things. But look! There is someone here now who is greater than Jonah was.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 19:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Dwelt at Nineveh - This was the capital of the Assyrian empire.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Dwelt at Nineveh - The meaning is not that Sennacherib made no more expeditions at all, which would he untrue, for his annals show us that he warred in Armenia, Babylonia, Susiana, and Cilicia, during his later years; but that he confined himself to his own part of Asia, and did not invade Palestine or threaten Jerusalem anymore. Nineveh, marked by some ruins opposite Mosul, appears here unmistakably as the Assyrian capital, which it became toward the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 35-37Verses 35-37 That night which followed the sending of this message to Hezekiah, the main body of their army was slain. See how weak the mightiest men are before Almighty God. Who ever hardened himself against Him and prospered? The king of Assyria's own sons became his murderers. Those whose children are undutiful, ought to consider whether they have not been so to their Father in heaven? This history exhibits a strong proof of the good of firm trust and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36Sennacherib … returned to Nineveh and stayed there: Although this Assyrian king led five more military campaigns, he did not attack Judah again.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. So Sennacherib king of Assyria ... went and returned--the same way as he came (2Ki 19:33). The route is described (Is 10:28-32). The early chariot track near Beyrout is on the rocky edge of Lebanon, which is skirted by the ancient Lycus (Nahr-el Kelb). On the perpendicular face of the limestone rock, at different heights, are seen slabs with Assyrian inscriptions, which having been deciphered, are found to contain the name of Sennacherib. Thus, by the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 19:36

• Jerusalem
• Judgments
• Nineveh
• Nisroch
• Prophecy
• Regicide
• Sennacherib

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Nineveh
• Sennacherib
• Sennacherib, or Sennacherib
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Nineveh, Ninevite
• Cause
• Coming
• Exalt
• Prayer

Commentaries on 2 Kings 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings