The Angel of Death^(A)

³⁵ That night the ·angel [messenger] 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. ³⁶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria left and went back to Nineveh and stayed there.

³⁷ One day as Sennacherib was worshiping in the ·temple [^Lhouse] of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with a sword. Then they escaped to the land of Ararat. So Sennacherib’s son Esarhaddon became king of Assyria.

²¹ Then the Lord sent an angel who ·killed [destroyed; annihilated] all the soldiers, ·leaders [commanders], and officers in the ·camp [army] of the king of Assyria. So the king went back to his own country in ·disgrace [shame; humiliation]. When he went into the ·temple [^Lhouse] of his god, some of his own ·sons [children] killed him with a sword.

²² So the Lord ·saved [rescued; ^Tdelivered] Hezekiah and the people in Jerusalem from [^Lthe hand of] Sennacherib king of Assyria and from all other people. He ·took care of [guided; or gave rest to] them on every side. ²³ Many people brought ·gifts [offerings] for the Lord to Jerusalem, and they also brought ·valuable gifts [precious things] to King Hezekiah of Judah. From then on all the nations ·respected [looked up to; exalted] Hezekiah.

The Angel of Death^(A)

³⁶ Then the ·angel [messenger] 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. ³⁷ So Sennacherib king of Assyria left and went back to Nineveh and stayed there.

³⁸ One day as Sennacherib was worshiping in the ·temple [^Lhouse] of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with a sword. Then they escaped to the land of Ararat. So Sennacherib’s son Esarhaddon became king of Assyria.