Isaiah 37:38

36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

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 Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

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BSB
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.
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 Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
WEB
As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
ASV
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 Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
DARBY
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 Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
BLB
And it came to pass, [as] he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer his sons struck him with the sword, and they escaped [to] the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his place.
ÅB
Men da han engang tilba i sin gud Nisroks hus, slo hans sønner Adrammelek og Sareser ham ihjel med sverd. De kom seg unna og flyktet til Ararats land, og hans sønn Asarhaddon ble konge i hans sted.
[^1]: Herrens ord til Sankerib.
[^2]: Hiskia.
OTB
Og det skjedde, mens han tilba i Nisroks hus, sin gud, at hans sønner Adrammelek og Sareser slo ham ned med sverdet, og de flyktet til Ararats land. Og Esarhaddon, hans sønn, regjerte i hans sted.
B1930
Men da han engang tilbad i sin gud Nisroks hus, slo hans sønner Adrammelek og Sareser ham ihjel med sverd. De kom sig unda og flyktet til Ararats land, og hans sønn Asarhaddon blev konge i hans sted.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 8:4

    And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

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  • Jeremiah 51:27

    Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

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  • Ezra 4:2

    Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:21

    And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

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  • 2 Kings 19:36–37

    So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

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  • Isaiah 36:15

    Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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  • Isaiah 36:18

    Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:14

    Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

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