2 Kings 19:2 - Homilies By J. Orr

His miserable end . His end was a fitting satire on his boasts. Two of his own sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, conspired against him, and slew him while he was worshipping in the house of his god. This is the god to whose power, it may be presumed, he attributed all his conquests. Poor god! that could not save his own worshipper. Sic transit gloria mundi . The sons who slew him could not keep the throne, which was taken by Esarhaddon.—J.O.