II Kings · Chapter 19 King James Version

II Kings 19:21

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The Scripture

(21) This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
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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