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For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;
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By the way he came he will go back, and he will not get into this town, says the Lord.
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For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.
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And that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.
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So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went back to his place at Nineveh.
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