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He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned <i>home,</i> and remained at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Sennacherib the king of Assyria departed and returned <i>home</i> and lived in Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, departed and returned <i>home</i>, and lived at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria set out and returned <i>home</i> and lived at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned and lived at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />After this, King Sennacherib went back to Assyria and lived in the city of Nineveh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then King Sennacherib of Assyria left. He went home to Nineveh and stayed there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then the Assyrian emperor Sennacherib withdrew and returned to Nineveh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />King Sennacherib broke camp, retreated, returned home to Nineveh, and remained there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he journeys, and goes, and Sennacherib king of Asshur turns back, and dwells in Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And journey, and go, and turn back doth Sennacherib king of Asshur, and dwelleth in Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Senherib king of Assur will remove and go and turn back and dwell in Nineveh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians went out and departed, and returned, and dwelt in Ninive. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Sennacherib, the king of the Assyrians, departed and went away. And he returned and lived at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, broke camp, departed, returned home, and stayed in Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then King Sennacherib of Assyria left, went home, and lived at Nineveh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So Sennacherib departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Sennakherib picked up and returned. He went and he dwelt in Nineva<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went, and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians turned and departed, and dwelt in Nineve.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/37-37.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=8076" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Jerusalem Delivered from the Assyrians</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36</span>Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! <span class="reftext">37</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5576.htm" title="5576: san·ḥê·rîḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A king of Assyr. Of foreign origin; Sancherib, an Assyrian king.">So Sennacherib</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ- (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">king</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šūr (N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire.">of Assyria</a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: way·yis·sa‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">broke camp</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and withdrew.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: way·yā·šāḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">He returned</a> <a href="/hebrew/5210.htm" title="5210: bə·nî·nə·wêh (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Capital of Assyr. Of foreign origin; Nineveh, the capital of Assyria.">to Nineveh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: way·yê·šeḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and stayed there.</a> </span><span class="reftext">38</span>One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-36.htm">2 Kings 19:36</a></span><br />So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-21.htm">2 Chronicles 32:21</a></span><br />and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Isaiah 10:12</a></span><br />So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">Isaiah 14:24-27</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. / I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.” / This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Isaiah 31:8-9</a></span><br />“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. / Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-11.htm">Nahum 1:11-14</a></span><br />From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness. / This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer. / For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-18.htm">Nahum 3:18-19</a></span><br />O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them. / There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-18.htm">Jeremiah 50:18</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-31.htm">Jeremiah 51:31-32</a></span><br />One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end. / The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/31-3.htm">Ezekiel 31:3-14</a></span><br />Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds. / The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field. / Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-5.htm">Micah 5:5-6</a></span><br />And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men. / And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Zephaniah 2:13-15</a></span><br />And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15-16</a></span><br />So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-21.htm">Acts 12:21-23</a></span><br />On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people. / And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!” / Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelled at Nineveh.</p><p class="hdg">Sennacherib</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/37-7.htm">Isaiah 37:7,29</a></b></br> Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/31-9.htm">Isaiah 31:9</a></b></br> And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire <i>is</i> in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">Nineveh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">Genesis 10:11,12</a></b></br> Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jonah/1-2.htm">Jonah 1:2</a></b></br> Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3</a></b></br> So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/37-28.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-18.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-33.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-5.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-18.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-17.htm">Home</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-36.htm">Nineveh</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-36.htm">Nin'eveh</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-21.htm">Sennacherib</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-21.htm">Sennach'erib</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-29.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Withdrew</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/38-28.htm">Abode</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-6.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-6.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-13.htm">Broke</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-29.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-12.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-8.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">Home</a> <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/jonah/1-2.htm">Nineveh</a> <a href="/jonah/1-2.htm">Nin'eveh</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">Sennacherib</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-13.htm">Sennach'erib</a> <a href="/isaiah/38-8.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-27.htm">Withdrew</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Isaiah comforts them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">Hezekiah's prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-21.htm">Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">An angel slays the Assyrians</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew.</b><br>This phrase marks the conclusion of the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem. Sennacherib, the powerful king of Assyria, had previously threatened Jerusalem, boasting of his conquests and mocking the God of Israel. The withdrawal signifies a miraculous deliverance for Jerusalem, as recorded earlier in <a href="/isaiah/37.htm">Isaiah 37</a>, where an angel of the Lord struck down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. This event underscores God's sovereignty and His ability to protect His people against seemingly insurmountable odds. Historically, Assyrian records, such as the Taylor Prism, corroborate Sennacherib's campaign in Judah but notably omit the capture of Jerusalem, aligning with the biblical account of his retreat.<p><b>He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.</b><br>Nineveh was the capital of the Assyrian Empire, a city known for its grandeur and later for its wickedness, as described in the book of Jonah. Sennacherib's return to Nineveh signifies a retreat to his stronghold, marking a shift from his aggressive expansionist policies. This phrase also foreshadows Sennacherib's eventual assassination by his own sons, as prophesied in <a href="/isaiah/37-7.htm">Isaiah 37:7</a>. Theologically, Nineveh's mention serves as a reminder of God's judgment and mercy, as the city would later be the focus of Jonah's reluctant mission and eventual repentance. The Assyrian Empire, despite its might, was subject to the divine will, illustrating the transient nature of earthly powers in contrast to God's eternal kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/sennacherib.htm">Sennacherib</a></b><br>The king of Assyria, known for his military campaigns and attempts to conquer Jerusalem. His retreat marks a significant moment of divine intervention.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a></b><br>A powerful empire during the time of Isaiah, known for its military strength and conquests. Assyria was a major threat to the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nineveh.htm">Nineveh</a></b><br>The capital city of Assyria, where Sennacherib returned after his failed campaign against Jerusalem. It was a significant city in ancient Mesopotamia.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city under siege by Sennacherib's forces, which was miraculously delivered by God, as described earlier in <a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Isaiah 37</a>.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a></b><br>The king of Judah during Sennacherib's invasion, known for his faithfulness to God and his prayer for deliverance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a></b><br>The retreat of Sennacherib demonstrates God's control over the affairs of nations. No earthly power can thwart His plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Hezekiah's prayer for deliverance is a powerful example of faith in action. Believers are encouraged to bring their concerns to God, trusting in His ability to intervene.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_deliverance.htm">Divine Deliverance</a></b><br>Just as God delivered Jerusalem, He is able to deliver us from our own "sieges" and challenges. Trust in His timing and methods.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_pride.htm">The Futility of Human Pride</a></b><br>Sennacherib's retreat underscores the futility of pride and arrogance before God. Humility and reliance on God are essential virtues.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithful_leadership.htm">The Importance of Faithful Leadership</a></b><br>Hezekiah's faith and leadership were crucial in the deliverance of Jerusalem. Godly leadership can inspire and lead others to trust in God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_faith_align_with_israel's_disasters.htm">If Hezekiah's faith in Isaiah 37 supposedly led to Jerusalem's deliverance, how does this align with other biblical passages where faith did not prevent disasters for Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_an_angel_kill_185,000_soldiers.htm">How can Isaiah 37:36 claim that an angel killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers overnight without any verifiable historical or archaeological evidence? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_20_6-7_align_with_history.htm">In Job 20:6–7, how can Zophar’s claim that the wicked perish quickly align with historical records showing many oppressive rulers prospered for extended periods? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_attribute_victories_to_divine_acts.htm">Why do biblical writers often attribute historical victories and defeats to divine intervention rather than natural causes?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(37) <span class= "bld">So Sennacherib . . .</span>--We have to remember that the Assyrian king had been engaged in the siege of Libnah, probably also in an Egyptian expedition, which from some cause or other was unsuccessful. The course of events was probably this: that in Egypt he heard of the ravages of the pestilence, returned to find his army too weak to fight, and then, abandoning all further action in the south, withdrew to Nineveh.<p><span class= "bld">Departed, and went and returned.</span>--We are reminded by the three synonyms of the proverbial "<span class= "ital">abiit, evasit, erupit</span>" of Cicero, <span class= "ital">in Catil. ii.</span> (Del.).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 37.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">So Sennacherib... departed</span>; rather, <span class="accented">broke up his camp.</span> The word used for all the removals of the children of Israel in the wilderness (<a href="/numbers/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3-48</a>). The loss of even an entire <span class="accented">corps d'armeee</span> would not have caused an Assyrian king, at the head of an intact main army, to break up his camp and abandon his enterprise. <span class="cmt_word">And dwelt at Nineveh</span>. Sennacherib lived some eighteen or twenty years from the probable date of his discomfiture, dying in <span class="date">B.C. 681</span>. His ordinary residence was at Nineveh, which he greatly adorned and beautified ('Records of the Past,' vol. 11. pp. 55-57). His father, Sargon, on the contrary, dwelt commonly at Khorsabad (Dur-Sargina), and his son, Esarhaddon, dwelt, during the latter part of his reign, at Babylon. We must not suppose, however, that Sennacherib was shut up in Nineveh during the remainder of his life. On the contrary, he made frequent expeditions towards the south, the east, and the north. But he made no farther expedition to the south-west, no further attack on Jerusalem, or attempt on Egypt. The Jews had peace, so far as the Assyrians were concerned, from the event related in ver. 36 to a late date in the reign of Esarhaddon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/37-37.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So Sennacherib</span><br /><span class="heb">סַנְחֵרִ֣יב</span> <span class="translit">(san·ḥê·rîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5576.htm">Strong's 5576: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sennacherib -- a king of Assyr</span><br /><br /><span class="word">king</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶֽלֶךְ־</span> <span class="translit">(me·leḵ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Assyria</span><br /><span class="heb">אַשּׁ֑וּר</span> <span class="translit">(’aš·šūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm">Strong's 804: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ashshur</span><br /><br /><span class="word">broke camp</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּסַּ֣ע</span> <span class="translit">(way·yis·sa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and withdrew.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He returned home</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֖שָׁב</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·šāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Nineveh</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nî·nə·wêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5210.htm">Strong's 5210: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nineveh -- capital of Assyr</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and stayed there.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·šeḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/37-37.htm">Isaiah 37:37 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed went (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 37:36"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:36" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/37-38.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 37:38"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:38" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>