2 Kings 19:35

Jerusalem Delivered from the Assyrians · 2 Kings 19:35–37
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Translations

Modern
And that very night 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!
Traditional
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Literal
And it came to pass on that night that the angel of YHWH went out, and he struck in the camp of Assyria a hundred eighty-five thousand; and they rose early in the morning, and behold, all were dead corpses!
Latin
Factum est igitur in nocte illa, venit angelus Domini, et percussit in castris Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque millia. Cumque diluculo surrexisset, vidit omnia corpora mortuorum: et recedens abiit,

Original

Hebrew
English
And that very night 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!

Notes

Events

Parallels

2 Chronicles 32:20–23 Isaiah 37:36–38

Places

Assyria: A powerful ancient empire, often in conflict with Israel

Glossary

Angel of the Lord Assyria, Assyrians Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Disease Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Psalms, Book of Tirhakah Warfare

Topics

Angel (A Spirit): Execute Judgments Upon the Wicked Angel (Holy Trinity): One of the Holy Trinity: Called Angel of the Lord Angels: Execute the Judgments of God Armies: March in Ranks: Angel of the Lord Smites the Assyrians Armies: Often Destroyed by Supernatural Means Assyria: Sennacherib King of His Army Destroyed by God Jerusalem: Besieged by Sennacherib Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Besieged but not Taken by Sennacherib Judgments: Sennacherib Libnah: A City of the Tribe of Judah, Captured by Joshua: Sennacherib Besieged Miracles: Catalogue of The Destruction of Sennacherib's Army Night: God Frequently: Executed his Judgments In Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Destruction of Sennacherib's Army, and his Death Sennacherib: Death of The Angel of Death The Anger of God: Exemplified Against: Sennacherib The Dead: Terms Used to Express: Corpses The Wind: The Simoom or Pestilential Wind Wind: Blasting