32 “Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:

“ ‘He will not enter this city

or shoot an arrow here.

He will not come before it with shield

or build a siege ramp against it.

33 By the way that he came he will return;s

he will not enter this city,

declares the Lord.

34 I will defendt this city and save it,

for my sake and for the sake of Davidu my servant.’ ”

35 That night the angel of the Lordv 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!w 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew.x He returned to Ninevehy and stayed there.

37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelekz and Sharezer killed him with the sword,a and they escaped to the land of Ararat.b And Esarhaddonc his son succeeded him as king.