37:38 the house of Nisroch. Sennacherib’s death in the temple of Nisroch contrasts with the life Hezekiah found in the temple of the Lord (vv. 1, 14).

struck him down. Twenty years later he was murdered by his own sons (681 b.c.).

Ararat. This is a mountainous region in the extreme eastern part of modern Turkey.

Esarhaddon. He was king over Assyria from 681–669 b.c.