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An Angel Neutralizes the Assyrian Army

35 It happened in that night that an angel of Yahweh went out, and he struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of Assyria. When they got up early in the morning, look! All of them were dead corpses. 36 Then Sennacherib king of Assyria set out and went and returned and lived in Nineveh. 37 It happened that he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, and Adrammelech and Sharezer[a] struck him with the sword. Then they escaped into the land of Ararat, and Esarhaddon his son became king in his place.

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  1. 2 Kings 19:37 So Kethib; Qere adds “his sons”

Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death(A)

35 And (B)it came to pass on a certain night that the [a]angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at (C)Nineveh. 37 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons (D)Adrammelech and Sharezer (E)struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then (F)Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 19:35 Or Angel