Isa 37:38 | TNotes | STEP | 37:38 One day: Sennacherib was probably killed in 681 BC , about twenty years after his withdrawal from Jerusalem. • Esarhaddon was king of Assyria from 680–669 BC . It is ironic that Sennacherib, who mocked the Lord, was killed by his sons in the temple of his god .

‏ Isaiah 37:38

37:38 ^a One day: Sennacherib was probably killed in 681 BC, about twenty years after his withdrawal from Jerusalem.

• Esarhaddon was king of Assyria from 680–669 BC. It is ironic that Sennacherib, who mocked the Lord, was killed by his sons in the temple of his god.