2 Kings 19:37

2 Kings 19:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
• New Living Translation (NLT)One day while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with their swords. They then escaped to the land of Ararat, and another son, Esarhaddon, became the next king of Assyria.

Context of 2 Kings 19:37

35That night 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! 36So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. 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.

2 Kings 19:37 word by word

וַיְהִי֩ ה֨וּא מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜ה בֵּ֣ית׀ נִסְרֹ֣ךְ אֱלֹהָ֗יו וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ וְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶר בָּנָיו֙ הִכֻּ֣הוּ בַחֶ֔רֶב וְהֵ֥מָּה נִמְלְט֖וּ אֶ֣רֶץ אֲרָרָ֑ט וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֵֽסַר־חַדֹּ֥ן בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass, as he was worshippingשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of Nisrochנִסְרֹךְnisrôk · NisrochH5268
• his godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• that Adrammelechאַדְרַמֶּ֫לֶךְ'adrammelek · AdrammelechH152
• and Sharezerשַׁרְאֶ֫צֶרshar'etser · SharezerH8272
• his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• him with the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• and they escapedמָלַטmâlaţ · to escapeH4422
• into the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Armeniaאֲרָרַט'ărâraţ · AraratH780
• And Esarhaddonאֵסַר־חַדּוֹן'êsar-chaddôn · EsarhaddonH634
• reignedמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427

Cross-references for 2 Kings 19:37

• 2 Kings 19:10“Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’
• 2 Kings 18:5Hezekiah trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.
• Deuteronomy 32:31For their rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.
• 2 Chronicles 32:14Who of all the gods of these nations that my predecessors destroyed has been able to save his people from me? How then can your god deliver you from my hand?
• Isaiah 37:37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
• 2 Kings 19:7Listen! When he hears a certain report, I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.’ ”
• 2 Chronicles 32:21And the Lord sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.
• Genesis 8:4and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
• Jeremiah 51:27“Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her; send up horses like a swarm of locusts.
• Ezra 4:2they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”

Commentaries on 2 Kings 19:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Nisroch his god - We know nothing of this deity; he is nowhere else mentioned. Smote him with the sword - The rabbins say that his sons had learned that he intended to sacrifice them to this god, and that they could only prevent this by slaying him. The same writers add, that he consulted his wise men how it was that such miracles should be wrought for the Israelites; who told him that it was because of the merit of Abraham who had offered his only son to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37The death of Sennacherib, which took place many years afterward (680 B.C.), is related here, as, from the divine point of view, the sequel to his Syrian expeditions. Nisroch his god - Nisroch has not been as yet identified with any known Assyrian deity. The word may not be the name of a god at all but the name of the temple, as Josephus understood it. Assyrian temples were almost all distinguished by special names. If this be the true solution, 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. 37his sons … put him to the sword: Although Sennacherib's assassination occurred twenty years later in 681 BC, the narrator mentions it here to finish discussing the Assyrian king and highlight the irony of his death. Sennacherib had bragged that no gods could save the people he attacked, yet his own god could not protect him from assassins within his family. At Sennacherib's death, his son Esarhaddon took over and ruled until 669 BC.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3737. as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch--Assarae, or Asshur, the head of the Assyrian Pantheon, represented not as a vulture-headed figure (that is now ascertained to be a priest), but as a winged figure in a circle, which was the guardian deity of Assyria. The king is represented on the monuments standing or kneeling beneath this figure, his hand raised in sign of prayer or adoration. his sons smote him with the sword--Sennacherib's temper…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 19:37

• Adrammelech
• Armenia
• Assassination
• Children
• Citizens
• Conspiracy
• Esar-Haddon (Esarhaddon)
• Homicide
• Jerusalem
• Judgments
• Nineveh
• Nisroch
• Parricide
• Patricide
• Prophecy
• Regicide
• Sennacherib
• Sharezer

In the dictionaries

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• Adrammelech
• Ararat
• Armenia
• Assyria
• Cause
• Coming
• Esarhaddon
• Exalt
• Hezekiah

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