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34 No! The king will return home by the way that he came.
    He will not come into this city.”
That is what the Lord says.
35 “I will make this city safe and I will rescue it.
    I will do that to show that I am great.
I promised my servant David that I would do it.
    So I will do it.” ’

The Lord destroys Assyria's army

36 Then the Lord's angel went to the camp of the Assyrian army. He killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When people got up in the morning, they saw all those dead bodies!

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34 By the way that he came he will return;(A)
    he will not enter this city,”
declares the Lord.
35 “I will defend(B) this city and save it,
    for my sake(C) and for the sake of David(D) my servant!”

36 Then the angel(E) of the Lord went out and put to death(F) a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian(G) camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!

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