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
"Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: 'Don't let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, "Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."
Isaiah 14:9
Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
Isaiah 36:15
Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord by saying, "The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."
2 Kings 19:36
So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.
2 Chronicles 32:14
Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power?

Armenia

Genesis 8:4
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.
Jeremiah 51:27
"Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Send horses against her like a swarm of locusts.

General references

Job 12:19
He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
Ezekiel 32:22
"Assyria is there with all her assembly around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword.

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