Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Sennacherib

Bible References

Sennacherib

2 Kings 19:7
Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”

Nineveh

Genesis 10:11
From that land Nimrod went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
Jonah 1:2
“Go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim [judgment] against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.”
Jonah 3:2
“Go to Nineveh the great city and declare to it the message which I am going to tell you.”
Nahum 1:1
The oracle (a burdensome message—a pronouncement from God) concerning Nineveh [the capital city of Assyria]. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh [which he saw in spirit and prophesied].
Nahum 2:8

Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days,
Now her inhabitants are fleeing;
“Stop! Stop!” [a few cry,]
But no one turns back.
Matthew 12:41
The men of Nineveh will stand up [as witnesses] at the judgment against this generation, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now, something greater than Jonah is here.