2Ki 19:37 | TNotes | STEP | 19:37 his sons ... killed him: Although Sennacherib’s assassination took place twenty years later in 681 BC , the narrator includes it here to conclude his discussion of the Assyrian king and to point out the irony in his death. He had boasted that no gods were able to rescue the peoples he attacked, yet his god failed to defend him against assassins from his own family! • At Sennacherib’s death, his son, Esarhaddon, succeeded him and reigned until 669 BC .

‏ 2 Kings 19:37

19:37 ^a his sons ... killed him: Although Sennacherib’s assassination took place twenty years later in 681 BC, the narrator includes it here to conclude his discussion of the Assyrian king and to point out the irony in his death. He had boasted that no gods were able to rescue the peoples he attacked, yet his god failed to defend him against assassins from his own family!

• At Sennacherib’s death, his son, Esarhaddon, succeeded him and reigned until 669 BC.