# 2 Kings 19:37

> One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

— 2 Kings 19:37, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Assyria** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/assyria
- **Ararat** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ararat

## When

- 701 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 18:13 dates itself by the fourteenth year of Hezekiah; the Sennacherib Prism dates the same campaign to 701 BC and names Hezekiah.

## Who ruled

- **Sennacherib**, king of Assyria, 705-681 BC · Source: Taylor Prism (British Museum), in which he tells of besieging Jerusalem and names "Hezekiah, the Jew," but does not say he took the city
- **Hezekiah**, king of Judah, 715-686 BC · Source: 2 Kings 18-20; the Sennacherib Prism, which names him; the Siloam tunnel and the inscription found in it, which record the work of 2 Kings 20:20

## See also

- Genesis 8:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/8/4
- Ezra 4:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/4/2
- 2 Kings 19:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19/7
- Jeremiah 51:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/51/27

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19/37
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/19
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).