32 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria:

‘He shall qnot come into this city,

Nor shoot an arrow there,

Nor come before it with shield,

Nor build a siege mound against it.

33 By the way that he came,

By the same shall he return;

And he shall not come into this city,’

Says the Lord.

34 ‘For rI will sdefend this city, to save it

For My own sake and tfor My servant David’s sake.’ ”

Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death

35 And uit came to pass on a certain night that the 4angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at vNineveh. 37 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons wAdrammelech and Sharezer xstruck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then yEsarhaddon his son reigned in his place.