2 Kings 19:37

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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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  • Gen 8:4 : 4 On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.
  • Ezra 4:2 : 2 they came to Zerubbabel and the leaders and said to them,“Let us help you build, for like you we seek your God and we have been sacrificing to him from the time of King Esarhaddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”
  • Jer 51:27 : 27 “Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Send horses against her like a swarm of locusts.
  • 2 Kgs 19:7 : 7 Look, I will take control of his mind; he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down with a sword in his own land.”’”
  • 2 Kgs 19:10 : 10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this:‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says,“Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
  • 2 Chr 32:14 : 14 Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power, that your God would be able to rescue you from my power?
  • 2 Chr 32:19 : 19 They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.
  • 2 Chr 32:21 : 21 The LORD sent a messenger and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned home humiliated. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
  • Deut 32:31 : 31 For our enemies’ rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.
  • 2 Kgs 18:5 : 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.
  • 2 Kgs 18:30 : 30 Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the LORD when he says,“The LORD will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
  • Isa 37:37-38 : 37 So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh. 38 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 ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

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    37So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.

    38One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

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