2 Kings 19:37
37One day, ▼▼ The assassination probably took place in 681 b.c.
as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, ▼▼ No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name is a corruption of Nusku.
his sons ▼ Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. ▼▼ Extra-biblical sources also mention the assassination of Sennacherib, though they refer to only one assassin. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 239-40.
They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.
Copyright information for
NETfull