⁹ “Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out and ^(A)make fires of the weapons and burn them, shields and bucklers, bow and arrows, ^(B)clubs^[a] and spears; and they will make fires of them for seven years, ¹⁰ so that they will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for ^(C)they will make their fires of the weapons. ^(D)They will seize the spoil of those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord God.

³ Then ^(A)I will strike your bow from your left hand, and ^(B)will make your arrows drop out of your right hand. ^4 (C)You shall fall on ^(D)the mountains of Israel, you and all your ^(E)hordes and the peoples who are with you. ^(F)I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.

^35 (A)For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for ^(B)the sake of my servant David.”

^36 (C)And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

²¹ And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with ^(A)shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.

²⁵ When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them, in great numbers, goods, clothing, and precious things, which they took for themselves until they could carry no more. They were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.

^12 (A)So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. ¹³ Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as ^(B)Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until none remained alive, for they were broken before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah^[a] carried away very much spoil.