Comments on: Assyrian March Against Judah http://www.historynet.com/assyrian-march-against-judah.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:36:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Judith Warren-Brown http://www.historynet.com/assyrian-march-against-judah.htm/comment-page-1#comment-96311 Judith Warren-Brown Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:19:16 +0000 #comment-96311 The article was very informative, especially the information concerning Sennacherib's prayer of Shamach. However, I am curious about the nuance this author gives to 2Kings 19:35-37. Verses 35 and 36 read, "And that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, there were all dead bodies. Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Ninevah." This passage does not imply that Sennacherib slinked back to Ninevah, nor that he was immediately killed by his sons. To say that he "lived at Ninevah" means that he did not die immediately. The article was very informative, especially the information concerning Sennacherib's prayer of Shamach.

However, I am curious about the nuance this author gives to 2Kings 19:35-37.
Verses 35 and 36 read, "And that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, there were all dead bodies. Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Ninevah."

This passage does not imply that Sennacherib slinked back to Ninevah, nor that he was immediately killed by his sons. To say that he "lived at Ninevah" means that he did not die immediately.

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