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"Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: 'He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor build a siege mound against it.
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By the way that he came, By the same shall he return; And he shall not come into this city,' Says the Lord.
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'For I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David's sake.' "
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And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel 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.
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So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
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Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.