33. So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city,nor will he shoot an arrow here.He will not attack it with his shielded warriors,nor will he build siege works against it.
34. He will go back the way he came – he will not enter this city,’ says the Lord.
35. I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’”
36. The Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
37. So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.
38. One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king.