18. Sennacherib’s officers shouted loudly in the Judean language to the troops who were on the wall of Jerusalem. They tried to frighten and terrify the troops so that they could capture the city.
19. They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the gods made by human hands and worshiped by the people in other countries.
20. Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, prayed about this and called to heaven.
21. The Lord sent an angel who exterminated all the soldiers, officials, and commanders in the Assyrian king’s camp. Humiliated, Sennacherib returned to his own country. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him with a sword.