34. By the way that he came,By the same shall he return;And he shall not come into this city,’Says the Lord.
35. ‘For I will defend this city, to save itFor My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’ ”
36. Then the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.
37. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
38. Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.