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2 Kings 19:35

33 He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.

34 ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

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BSB
And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
KJV
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
WEB
That night, the LORD’s angel went out and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
ASV
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
DARBY
And it came to pass that night, that an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
BLB
And it came to pass on that night that the angel of YHWH went out, and he struck in the camp of Assyria a hundred eighty-five thousand; and they rose early in the morning, and behold, all [were] dead corpses!
ÅB
Og samme natt skjedde det at Herrens engel gikk ut og slo hundre og fem og åtti tusen mann i assyrernes leir; og da folk sto opp om morgenen, fikk de se dem alle ligge der som døde kropper.
OTB
Så skjedde det den natten at Herrens engel gikk ut og slo 185 000 i assyrernes leir; og da folket sto opp om morgenen, se, alle var døde kropper.
B1930
Og samme natt skjedde det at Herrens engel gikk ut og slo hundre og fem og åtti tusen mann i assyrernes leir; og da folk stod op om morgenen, fikk de se dem alle ligge der som døde kropper.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:21–22

    and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

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  • 2 Samuel 24:16

    But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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  • Exodus 12:29–30

    Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among the livestock.

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  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3

    For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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  • Psalms 76:5–7

    The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.

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  • Hosea 1:7

    Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

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  • Acts 12:23

    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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