II Kings 19:1
The Scripture
(1) And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Hezekiah spread Sennacherib's threatening letter before the LORD in the temple and prayed for deliverance, and the prophet Isaiah assured him that the Assyrian king would not enter Jerusalem. That night the angel of the LORD struck down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, and when Sennacherib returned to Nineveh, he was murdered by his own sons.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Isaiah 37:1Isaiah 37:2Isaiah 37:3Isaiah 37:4Isaiah 37:5Isaiah 37:6Isaiah 37:7II Kings 5:7II Kings 18:37I Samuel 4:12Ezra 9:3Job 1:20
Related verses (shared words)
Isaiah 37:1I Kings 21:27II Kings 5:8Genesis 37:34II Kings 6:30II Kings 18:37