34 I will defend this city and rescue it
for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.”(A)

Defeat and Death of Sennacherib

35 That night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!(B) 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.(C)

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34 I will defend(A) this city and save it,
    for my sake and for the sake of David(B) my servant.’”

35 That night the angel of the Lord(C) went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!(D) 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew.(E) He returned to Nineveh(F) and stayed there.

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