34. ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’”
35. That night, the Lord’s angel went out, and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
36. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.
37. As he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.