2 Kings 19 · Verse 36

2 Kings 19:36

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
2 Kings 19:36, King James Version

2 Kings 19:36 in other translations

BSBSo Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
WEBSo Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went home, and lived at Nineveh.
ASVSo Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
YLTAnd Sennacherib king of Asshur journeyeth, and goeth, and turneth back, and dwelleth in Nineveh;
DARBYAnd Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and abode at Nineveh.
BBESo Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went back to his place at Nineveh.
WebsterSo Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

What does 2 Kings 19:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
36. So Sennacherib king of Assyria ... went and returned--the same way as he came (2Ki 19:33). The route is described (Is 10:28-32). The early chariot track near Beyrout is on the rocky edge of Lebanon, which is skirted by the ancient Lycus (Nahr-el Kelb). On the perpendicular face of the limestone rock, at different heights, are seen slabs with Assyrian inscriptions, which having been deciphered, are found to contain the name of Sennacherib. Thus, by the preservation of these tablets, the wrath of the Assyrian invaders is made to praise the Lord. dwelt at Nineveh--This statement implies a considerable period of time, and his Annals carry on his history at least five years after his disastrous campaign at Jerusalem. No record of his catastrophe can be found, as the Assyrian practice was to record victories alone. The sculptures give only the sunny side of the picture. 2Ki 19:37. Sennacherib Slain.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 Dwelt at Nineveh - This was the capital of the Assyrian empire.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 19:35-37

That night which followed the sending of this message to Hezekiah, the main body of their army was slain. See how weak the mightiest men are before Almighty God. Who ever hardened himself against Him and prospered? The king of Assyria's own sons became his murderers. Those whose children are undutiful, ought to consider whether they have not been so to their Father in heaven? This history exhibits a strong proof of…

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2 Kings 19:36 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּסַּ֣עvai.yi.Sa'and he departedH5265
וַיֵּ֔לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
וַיָּ֖שָׁבvai.Ya.shovand he returnedH7725
סַנְחֵרִ֣יבsan.che.RivSennacheribH5576
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
אַשּׁ֑וּר'a.ShurAssyriaH804
וַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he remainedH3427
בְּנִֽינְוֵֽה\׃be.Ni.ne.Vehin NinevehH5210

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 19:36

  • Jonah 1:2

    Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

  • 2 Kings 19:7

    Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

  • 2 Kings 19:33

    By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

  • 2 Kings 19:28

    Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

  • Matthew 12:41

    The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

  • Nahum 2:8

    But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.

  • Genesis 10:11-12

    Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

  • Jonah 3:2-10

    Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey. And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. …

  • Nahum 1:1

    The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Sennacherib.
7,28,33
Nineveh.
Ge 10:11,12; Jon 1:2; 3:2-10; Na 1:1; 2:8; Mt 12:41

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Context

  • 2 Kings 19:35

    And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

  • 2 Kings 19:36

    So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

  • 2 Kings 19:37

    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.

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2 Kings 19:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Sennachêrib, rey de Asiria se partió, y se fué y tornó á Nínive, donde se estuvo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Sankhérib, roi d’Assyrie, partit, et s’en alla et s’en retourna, et habita à Ninive.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Sanherib, der König von Assyrien, brach auf, und er zog fort und kehrte zurück und blieb in Ninive.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et reversus est Sennacherib rex Assyriorum, et mansit in Ninive.