II Kings · Chapter 19 King James Version

II Kings 19:29

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The Scripture

(29) And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
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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