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.

Bible References

His god

Isaiah 37:10
“Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
Isaiah 14:9
Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;
It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
Isaiah 36:15
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.”
2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.
2 Chronicles 32:14
Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?

Armenia

Genesis 8:4
In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.
Jeremiah 51:27
Lift up a signal in the land,
Blow a trumpet among the nations!
Consecrate the nations against her,
Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz;
Appoint a marshal against her,
Bring up the horses like bristly locusts.

General references

Job 12:19
“He makes priests walk barefoot
And overthrows the secure ones.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
Ezekiel 32:22
Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are round about her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword,