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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

The Destruction of Sennacherib

35 That night, the angel of the Lord went out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand men in the camp of Assyria. When it was time to wake up in the morning, there they were—all the dead bodies! 36 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and returned and lived in Nineveh. 37 One day when he was worshipping in the house of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword. They fled to the land of Ararat, and his son Esarhaddon became king in his place.

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