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

21 (A)Then the Lord sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned (B)shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.

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28 (A)His breath is like an overflowing stream,
(B)Which reaches up to the neck,
To sift the nations with the sieve of futility;
And there shall be (C)a bridle in the jaws of the people,
Causing them to err.

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(A)I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and (B)lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, (C)all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords.

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