Isaiah 37:36-38

Defeat and Death of Sennacherib

^{Tools
36} Then^(A) the angel of the Lord^(B) went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! ^{Tools
37} So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.^(C)

^{Tools
38} One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat.^(D) Then his son Esar-haddon^(E) became king in his place.

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 37:36: 2 Chronicles 32:21

B. Isaiah 37:36: Genesis 16:7-11; Exodus 3:2; Numbers 22:22-35; Judges 6:11-12; Psalm 34:7

C. Isaiah 37:37: Genesis 10:11; Jonah 1:2; Jonah 3:3; Jonah 4:11

D. Isaiah 37:38: Genesis 8:4; Jeremiah 51:27

E. Isaiah 37:38: Ezra 4:2