2 Raja-raja 7:15

7:15 So they tracked them ¹  as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. ²  The scouts ³  went back and told the king.

2 Raja-raja 19:37

19:37 One day, ⁴  as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, ⁵  his sons ⁶  Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. ⁷  They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

[7:15]  ¹ tn Heb “went after.”

[7:15]  ² tn Heb “and look, all the road was full of clothes and equipment that Syria had thrown away in their haste.”

[7:15]  ³ tn Or “messengers.”

[19:37]  ⁴ sn The assassination probably took place in 681 b.c.

[19:37]  ⁵ sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name is a corruption of Nusku.

[19:37]  ⁶ tc Although “his sons” is absent in the Kethib, it is supported by the Qere, along with many medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions. Cf. Isa 37:38.

[19:37]  ⁷ sn Extra-biblical sources also mention the assassination of Sennacherib, though they refer to only one assassin. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 239-40.