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2 Kings 19:35
“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.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 19
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.
It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that 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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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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