Discovery Box2 Kings 8:15 
Context8:15 The next day Hazael 1 took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad’s 2 face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king.
2 Kings 12:21
Context12:21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. 3 He was buried 4 with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king.
2 Kings 19:37
Context19:37 One day, 5 as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, 6 his sons 7 Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. 8 They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Hazael) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Ben Hadad) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “struck him down and he died.”
4 tn Heb “they buried him.”
5 sn The assassination probably took place in 681
6 sn No such Mesopotamian god is presently known. Perhaps the name is a corruption of Nusku.
7 tc Although “his sons” is absent in the Kethib, it is supported by the Qere, along with many medieval Hebrew
8 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.
