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"So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city or even shoot an arrow here. He will not fight against it with shields or build a ramp to attack the city walls.
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He will return to his country the same way he came, and he will not enter this city,' says the Lord.
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'I will defend and save this city for my sake and for the sake of David, my servant.'"
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That night the angel of the Lord went out and killed one hundred eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up early the next morning, they saw all the dead bodies.
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So Sennacherib king of Assyria left and went back to Nineveh and stayed there.