Defeat and Death of Sennacherib
36 Then 37:36–38 2Kg 19:35–37; 2Ch 32:21 the angel of the Lord 37:36 Gn 16:7–11; Ex 3:2; Nm 22:22–35; Jdg 6:11–12; 2Sm 24:16; Ps 34:7 went out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! 37 So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh. 37:37 Gn 10:11; Jnh 1:2; 3:3; 4:11; Zph 2:13
38 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. 37:38 Gn 8:4; Jr 51:27 Then his son Esar-haddon 37:38 Ezr 4:2 became king in his place.