Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
His sons smote
Armenia
Esar-haddon
Bible References
Nisroch
2 Kings 19:10
“Say this to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Don’t let your God, whom you trust, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 18:5
Hezekiah trusted in the Lord God of Israel; not one of the kings of Judah was like him, either before him or after him.
Deuteronomy 32:31 But their “rock” is not like our Rock;
even our enemies concede.
even our enemies concede.
2 Chronicles 32:14
Who among all the gods of these nations that my predecessors completely destroyed was able to deliver his people from my power, that your God should be able to do the same for you?
Isaiah 37:37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.
His sons smote
2 Kings 19:7
I am about to put a spirit in him, and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
2 Chronicles 32:21
and the Lord sent an angel who annihilated every brave warrior, leader, and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned in disgrace to his land. He went to the temple of his god, and there some of his own children struck him down with the sword.
Armenia
Genesis 8:4
The ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
Jeremiah 51:27 Raise a signal flag in the land;
blow a ram’s horn among the nations;
set apart the nations against her.
Summon kingdoms against her—
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a marshal against her;
bring up horses like a swarm of locusts.
blow a ram’s horn among the nations;
set apart the nations against her.
Summon kingdoms against her—
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a marshal against her;
bring up horses like a swarm
Esar-haddon
Ezra 4:2
they approached Zerubbabel and the leaders of the families and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria brought us here.”