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 shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 14:9
Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.
Isaiah 36:15
Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD by 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
Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh.
2 Chronicles 32:14
Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers devoted to destruction was able to deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?

Armenia

Genesis 8:4
and in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
Jeremiah 51:27
"Set up a standard on the earth; blow the trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations for war against her; summon against her the kingdoms, Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a marshal against her; bring up horses like bristling locusts.

General references

Job 12:19
He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Ezekiel 32:22
"Assyria is there, and all her company, its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword,

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