2 Kings 19:36

What does 2 Kings 19:36 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Kings 19:36 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went back to his place at Nineveh.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Sennacherib king of Asshur journeyeth, and goeth, and turneth back, and dwelleth in Nineveh;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians, departing, went away, and he returned and abode in Ninive.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and abode at Nineveh.

Context

v.35And it came to pass that night, that the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

v.36This passage

v.37And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Nahum 1:1

    The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

  • Matthew 12:41

    The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

  • Nahum 2:8

    But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.

  • 2 Kings 19:33

    By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah.

  • 2 Kings 19:7

    Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

  • Jonah 3:2

    Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

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