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

“He will not enter this cityv

or shoot an arrow here.

He will not come before it with shield

or build a siege rampw against it.

34 By the way that he came he will return;x

he will not enter this city,”

declares the Lord.

35 “I will defendy this city and save it,

for my sakez and for the sake of Davida my servant!”

36 Then the angelb of the Lord went out and put to deathc a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyriand camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! 37 So Sennacheribe king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Ninevehf and stayed there.

38 One day, while he was worshiping in the templeg of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat.h And Esarhaddoni his son succeeded him as king.j