So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.
- KJV So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
- NKJV So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
- NASB So Sennacherib the king of Assyria departed and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.
- NLT Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.
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Quick answer
The defeated Sennacherib withdraws and lives in Nineveh. The proud king's campaign ends in humiliating retreat.
Overview
Sennacherib, who had mocked Yahweh, slinks home to his capital, his threats utterly emptied. The historical record confirms his withdrawal from Judah. God's word stands: the one who exalts himself against the LORD is humbled, illustrating the principle that runs through Scripture to the cross and resurrection, where the proud are scattered and the lowly lifted up.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Jonah 1:2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
- 2 Kgs 19:7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
- 2 Kgs 19:33He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
- 2 Kgs 19:28Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
- Matt 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.
- Nah 2:8Nineveh has been like a pool of water throughout her days, but now it is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.
- Nah 1:1This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
- Jonah 3:2–10“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”
- Gen 10:11–12From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
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