37 And as he was in the Temple worshipping Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons [a]slew him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 19:37 This was the just judgment of God for his blasphemy, that he should be slain before that idol, whom he preferred to the living God, and by them, by whom ought by nature to have been defended.

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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