37:38 One day,68 as he was worshiping69 in the temple of his god Nisroch,70 his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword.71 They ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.
sn The assassination of King Sennacherib probably took place in 681 b.c.
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tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
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sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name Nisroch is a corruption of Nusku.
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sn Extra-biblical sources also mention the assassination of Sennacherib, though they refer to only one assassin. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 239–40.