2 Kings 19:36
34 ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
35 And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
- KJV
- So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
- WEB
- So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went home, and lived at Nineveh.
- ASV
- So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
- DARBY
- And Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and abode at Nineveh.
- BLB
- And Sennacherib king of Assyria pulled out and went away, and he returned and dwelt in Nineveh.
- ÅB
- Da brøt kongen i Assyria Sankerib opp og dro bort og vendte tilbake; og siden holdt han seg i ro i Ninive.
- OTB
- Så dro Sankerib, kongen av Assyria, bort og vendte hjem, og bodde i Ninive.
- B1930
- Da brøt kongen i Assyria Sankerib op og drog bort og vendte tilbake; og siden holdt han sig i ro i Ninive.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jonah 1:2
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
Read in context2 Kings 19:7
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
Read in context2 Kings 19:33
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
Read in context2 Kings 19:28
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
Read in contextMatthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
Read in contextNahum 2:8
Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
Read in contextGenesis 10:11–12
From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
Read in contextJonah 3:2–10
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
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