World English Bible
2 Kings 19:34
“For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 19
Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria, 'He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city,' says Yahweh.
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
It happened that night, that the angel of Yahweh 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.
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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