| 37. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Kings 19:37:1 ⧉וַיְהִי֩vayehiand it happened 2 Kings 19:37:2 ⧉ה֨וּאhuhe 2 Kings 19:37:3 ⧉מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜הmishtakhavebowing down or worshiping 2 Kings 19:37:4 ⧉בֵּ֣יתbethouse of 2 Kings 19:37:5 ⧉נִסְרֹ֣ךְnisrokhNisroch 2 Kings 19:37:6 ⧉אֱלֹהָ֗יוelohayvhis god 2 Kings 19:37:7 ⧉וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְveadrammelekhand Adrammelech 2 Kings 19:37:8 ⧉וְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶרvesaretserand Sharezer 2 Kings 19:37:9 ⧉בָנָיו֙vanavhis sons 2 Kings 19:37:10 ⧉הִכֻּ֣הוּhikuhuthey struck him 2 Kings 19:37:11 ⧉בַחֶ֔רֶבvakherevwith the sword 2 Kings 19:37:12 ⧉וְהֵ֥מָּהvehemaand they 2 Kings 19:37:13 ⧉נִמְלְט֖וּnimletuescaped 2 Kings 19:37:14 ⧉אֶ֣רֶץeretsland of 2 Kings 19:37:15 ⧉אֲרָרָ֑טararatArarat 2 Kings 19:37:16 ⧉וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvayimlokhand he reigned 2 Kings 19:37:17 ⧉אֵֽסַר־חַדֹּ֥ןesarkhadonEsar-haddon 2 Kings 19:37:18 ⧉בְּנ֖וֹbenohis son 2 Kings 19:37:19 ⧉תַּחְתָּֽיו׃פtakhtavin his place or instead of him |
| 37. Formal Translation And it happened, as he was bowing down in the house of Nisrokh his god, that Adrammelek and Sharezer, his sons, struck him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon, his son, reigned in his place. |
| 37. Dynamic Translation While he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrokh, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with a sword, and they fled to the land of Ararat. Then his son Esarhaddon took the throne. |