King James Version
2 Kings 19:36 in the King James Version says “So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.”
2 Kings 19:36 · KJV
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
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.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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. Armenia: Heb. Ararat
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“departed”
H5265properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
“and returned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“of Assyria”
H804ashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
“and dwelt”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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