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35 (A)Now it happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And the [a]men arose early in the morning, and behold, all of [b]them were dead bodies. 36 So (B)Sennacherib king of Assyria set out and went away and returned home and lived at (C)Nineveh. 37 Now it happened that as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, [c](D)Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into (E)the land of Ararat. And (F)Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.

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  1. 2 Kings 19:35 Lit they
  2. 2 Kings 19:35 Assyrians
  3. 2 Kings 19:37 Some ancient mss Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him down

35 That night the Lord’s messenger went out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand soldiers in the Assyrian camp. When people got up the next morning, there were dead bodies everywhere. 36 So Assyria’s King Sennacherib departed, returning to Nineveh, where he stayed. 37 Later, while he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with a sword. They then escaped to the land of Ararat. His son Esarhaddon succeeded him as king.

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