That night, the LORD’s angel went out and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Kings 19:35 in context
2 Kings 19:32–37
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“Therefore the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
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He will return the same way that he came, and he will not come to this city,’ says the LORD.
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‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.’”
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That night, the LORD’s angel went out and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went home, and lived at Nineveh.
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As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
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