34 ‘For (A)I will (B)defend this city, to save it
For My own sake and (C)for My servant David’s sake.’ ”

Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death(D)

35 And (E)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 (F)Nineveh.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 19:35 Or Angel

34 I will defend(A) this city and save it,
    for my sake and for the sake of David(B) my servant.’”

35 That night the angel of the Lord(C) went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!(D) 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew.(E) He returned to Nineveh(F) and stayed there.

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