KJV King James Version
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
WEB World English Bible
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.
ASV American Standard Version
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Sennacherib king of Asshur journeyeth, and goeth, and turneth back, and dwelleth in Nineveh;
Surrounding context — 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.
34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
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.
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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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Jonah 1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.2 Kings 19:7Behold, 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 19:33By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.2 Kings 19:28Because 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.Genesis 10:11-12Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,Nahum 1:1The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.Nahum 2:8But Nineveh [is] of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, [shall they cry]; but none shall look back.Matthew 12:41The 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.Jonah 3:2-10Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
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