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37 When he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and fled into the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon reigned in his place.

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37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek(A) and Sharezer killed him with the sword,(B) and they escaped to the land of Ararat.(C) And Esarhaddon(D) his son succeeded him as king.

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Sennacherib’s Defeat. 21 Then the Lord sent an angel, who destroyed every warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the Assyrian king, so that he had to return shamefaced to his own country. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down there with the sword.(A)

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21 And the Lord sent an angel,(A) who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.(B)

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19 He went on to tell them of the times when help had been given their ancestors: both the time of Sennacherib, when a hundred and eighty-five thousand of his men perished,(A)

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'2 Maccabees 8:19' not found for the version: New International Version.

21 God struck the camp of the Assyrians
    and routed them with a plague.(A)

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'Sirach 48:21' not found for the version: New International Version.

38 When he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and fled into the land of Ararat.[a] His son Esarhaddon reigned in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 37:38 The violent death of Sennacherib (681 B.C.) is also mentioned in non-biblical sources. It occurred twenty years after his invasion of Judah. Ararat: the land of Urartu in the mountains north of Assyria.

38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple(A) of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat.(B) And Esarhaddon(C) his son succeeded him as king.(D)

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