Jerusalem Delivered from the Assyrians
The angel of the LORD goes out and strikes down 185,000 in the Assyrian camp, leaving the army lifeless by morning and forcing Sennacherib to break camp and return to Nineveh. There, in the temple of his god, he is struck down by his own sons, and the succession passes to Esar-haddon, closing the narrative with a complete vindication of the LORD's word and a complete humiliation of Assyria's boastful king.
T36hen the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! 37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. 38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Verse 36The angel of the LORD strikes down 185,000 Assyrians in one night.
This verse narrates the decisive divine intervention.
Verse 37Sennacherib breaks camp, withdraws, and returns to Nineveh.
This verse records the immediate collapse of the Assyrian campaign.
Verse 38Sennacherib is later killed by his sons in the temple of his god, and Esar-haddon succeeds him.
This verse completes the prophecy of his fall in his own land.
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- vv. 36-38
The angel of the LORD goes out and strikes down 185,000 in the Assyrian camp, leaving the army lifeless by morning and forcing Sennacherib to break camp and return to Nineveh. There, in the temple of his god, he is struck down by his own sons, and the succession passes to Esar-haddon, closing the narrative with a complete vindication of the LORD's word and a complete humiliation of Assyria's boastful king.
This paragraph shows the LORD accomplishing in history exactly what He had promised through Isaiah.