³⁸ Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then ^(A)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

⁴ Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

² they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him ^(A)since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”

¹⁰ “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

¹⁸ Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” Has any one of the ^(A)gods of the nations delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

¹⁵ nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, “The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” ’

The Fall of Lucifer

^21 (A)Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned ^(B)shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.