36 Then the angel(A) of the Lord went out and put to death(B) a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian(C) camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! 37 So Sennacherib(D) king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh(E) and stayed there.

38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple(F) of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat.(G) And Esarhaddon(H) his son succeeded him as king.(I)

Hezekiah’s Illness(J)

38 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz(K) went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order,(L) because you are going to die; you will not recover.”(M)

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