35
That very night the angel of the Lord set out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when morning dawned, they were all dead bodies.
33
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return; he shall not come into this city, says the Lord.
34
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."
35
That very night the angel of the Lord set out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when morning dawned, they were all dead bodies.
36
Then King Sennacherib of Assyria left, went home, and lived at Nineveh.
37
As he was worshiping in the house of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat. His son Esar-haddon succeeded him.
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