KJV ORIGINAL
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, left and went back home to live in Nineveh.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows that the mighty Assyrian king was forced to retreat and return to his own city after his failed attempt to conquer Jerusalem.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the dramatic account of Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem around 701 BC during King Hezekiah's reign. After God miraculously destroyed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in one night (as described in the previous verse), the once-confident king had no choice but to abandon his campaign. Nineveh was the capital city of the Assyrian Empire, located in modern-day Iraq.
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