2 Raja-raja 2:4

2:4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” ¹  But he replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

2 Raja-raja 19:37

19:37 One day, ²  as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, ³  his sons ⁴  Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. ⁵  They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.

[2:4]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[19:37]  ² sn The assassination probably took place in 681 b.c.

[19:37]  ³ sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name is a corruption of Nusku.

[19:37]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ 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.