35 ‘For I will (A)protect this city to save it (B)for My own sake, and for My servant David’s sake.’”

Assyrians Destroyed

36 Then the (C)angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when the rest got up early in the morning, behold, all of [a]the 185,000 were [b]dead. 37 So Sennacherib the king of Assyria departed and [c]returned home and lived in (D)Nineveh.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 37:36 Lit them
  2. Isaiah 37:36 Lit dead bodies
  3. Isaiah 37:37 Lit went and returned

35 “I will defend(A) this city and save it,
    for my sake(B) and for the sake of David(C) my servant!”

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

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