II Kings 19:16
The Scripture
(16) LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
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
Psalms 31:2Isaiah 37:17I Kings 8:29II Chronicles 6:40Daniel 9:18II Kings 19:4Psalms 79:12Isaiah 37:4Hebrews 11:26
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