Isa 37:38 | NET2full | STEP | 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 .

‏ Isaiah 37:38

38 One day, ^{▼▼sn The assassination of King Sennacherib probably took place in 681 b.c.} as he was worshiping ^{▼▼tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.} in the temple of his god Nisroch, ^{▼▼sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name Nisroch is a textual variation of Nusku, the Mesopotamian god of light and fire. Other proposals have tried to relate the name to Ashur, the chief god of the Assyria, or to Ninurta, the Assyrian god of war.} his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. ^{▼▼sn 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 ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.