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BrLXXΚαὶ ἐγένετο νυκτὸς, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἄγγελος Κυρίου καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων ἑκατὸν ὀγδοηκονταπέντε χιλιάδας· καὶ ὤρθρισαν τοπρωῒ, καὶ ἰδοὺ πάντες σώματα νεκρά. (Kai egeneto nuktos, kai exaʸlthen angelos Kuriou kai epataxen en taʸ parembolaʸ tōn Assuriōn hekaton ogdoaʸkontapente ⱪiliadas; kai ōrthrisan toprōi, kai idou pantes sōmata nekra. )
BrTrAnd it came to pass at night that the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they rose early in the morning, and, behold, these were all dead corpses.
ULTAnd it happened during that night, and the angel of Yahweh went out, and he struck in the camp of Assyria 185, 000 men. And they got up early in the morning, and look—all of them were dead corpses.
USTThat night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had put up their tents, and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When the rest of the soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere.
BSB § And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
WEBBEThat night, the LORD’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
NETThat very night the Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses.
LSVAnd it comes to pass, in that night, that a messenger of YHWH goes out, and strikes one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of Asshur, and they rise early in the morning, and behold, all of them [are] dead corpses.
FBVThat night the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000. When the survivors woke up in the morning, they were surrounded by dead bodies.
T4T ¶ That night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had put up their tents, and killed 185,000 of their soldiers! When the rest of their soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere!
LEBIt happened in that night that an angel of Yahweh went out, and he struck down one hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of Assyria. When they got up early in the morning, look! All of them were dead corpses.
BBEAnd that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.
JPSAnd it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
ASVAnd it came to pass that night, that the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
DRAAnd it came to pass that night, that an angel of the Lord came, and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when he arose early in the morning, he saw all the bodies of the dead.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass, in that night, that a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred eighty and five thousand, and they rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them [are] dead corpses.
DrbyAnd it came to pass that night, that an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
RVAnd it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
WbstrAnd it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
KJB-1769¶ And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
KJB-1611¶ [fn]And it came to passe that night, that the Angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the campe of the Assyrians, an hundred foure score and fiue thousand: and when they arose earely in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)
BshpsAnd it came to passe, that the selfe same night the angell of the Lorde went out, and smote in the hoast of the Assyrians an hundred fourescore & fyue thousand: And when the remnaunt were vp early in the morning, beholde they were all dead coarses. (And it came to pass, that the self same night the angell of the Lord went out, and smote in the host of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: And when the remnaunt were up early in the morning, behold they were all dead coarses.)
GnvaAnd the same night the Angell of the Lord went out and smote in the campe of Asshur an hundreth foure score and fiue thousande: so when they rose earely in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (And the same night the Angell of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of Asshur an hundreth fourscore and five thousand: so when they rose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. )
CvdlAnd in the same nighte wente the angell of the LORDE, and smote in the hoost of the Assyrians, an hundreth and fyue and foure score thousande men. And whan they gatt them vp in the mornynge, beholde, all laye full of deed coarses. (And in the same night went the angell of the LORD, and smote in the host of the Assyrians, an hundreth and five and fourscore thousand men. And when they gatt them up in the morning, behold, all lay full of dead coarses.)
WyclTherfor it was don, in that niyt the aungel of the Lord cam, and smoot in the castels of Assiryens an hundrid foure score and fyue thousynde. And whanne Sennacherib hadde rise eerli, he siy alle bodies of deed men; and he departide, and yede awei. (Therefore it was done, in that niyt the angel of the Lord came, and smote in the castles of Assiryens an hundred fourscore and five thousand. And when Sennacherib had rise early, he saw all bodies of dead men; and he departed, and went away.)
LuthUnd in derselben Nacht fuhr aus der Engel des HErr’s und schlug im Lager von Assyrien hundertundfünfundachtzigtausend Mann. Und da sie sich des Morgens frühe aufmachten, siehe, da lag es alles eitel tote Leichname. (And in derselben night fuhr out_of the/of_the angel the LORD’s and hit/beat in_the camp from Assyrien hundertundfünfundachtzigtausend man. And there they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves the morning early aufmachten, look, there lag it all/everything eitel tote Leichname.)
ClVgFactum est igitur in nocte illa, venit angelus Domini, et percussit in castris Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque millia. Cumque diluculo surrexisset, vidit omnia corpora mortuorum: et recedens abiit,[fn] (Done it_is igitur in nocte illa, he_came angelus Master, and he_struck in castris Assyriorum hundred octoginta quinque millia. And_when diluculo surrexisset, he_saw everything corpora mortuorum: and recedens abiit, )
19.35Factum est igitur. RAB. Tot ab uno angelo una nocte cæduntur, et absque vulneribus mors sæva discurrit. Super quo in Paralipomenis legitur: Et misit Dominus angelum qui percussit omnem virum robustum et bellatorem, principemque exercitus Assyriorum. Reversusque est cum ignominia in terram suam. Qui servatus est, ut fieret testis majestatis illius quem paulo ante contempserat.
19.35Done it_is igitur. RAB. Tot away uno angelo una nocte cæduntur, and without vulneribus mors sæva discurrit. Super quo in Paralipomenis legitur: And he_sent Master a_messenger/angel who he_struck omnem virum robustum and bellatorem, principemque exercitus Assyriorum. Reversusque it_is when/with ignominia in the_earth/land suam. Who servatus it_is, as fieret testis mayestatis illius which paulo before contempserat.
The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice eating the bow strings of the Assyrian army during their campaign against the Egyptians (Histories, 2.141). The origins of this event stretch back into the reign of Hezekiah’s father Ahaz, who enticed the Assyrians to attack Israel and Aram in exchange for making Judah a vassal of Assyria (2 Kings 16-17; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7-8; also see “The Final Days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel” map). Judah continued to be a vassal of Assyria through the early part of Hezekiah’s reign, but Hezekiah also quietly made extensive preparations to throw off the yoke of Assyria one day (2 Kings 18:1-12; 1 Chronicles 4:39-43; 2 Chronicles 29-31; also see “Hezekiah Strengthens Judah” map). Hezekiah also appears to have been hoping for support from Babylon and Egypt regarding his efforts to revolt against Assyria’s rule, but the prophet Isaiah warned Judah against placing their hopes in these foreign powers (Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1-3; 39:1-8; 40:10-15; 2 Kings 20:12-19). After a few years spent quashing rebellion among the Babylonians, the Kassites, and the Medes in the east, Sennacherib turned his sights westward and began a campaign to subdue the various vassal nations that were refusing to submit to Assyria’s rule any longer. He first reconquered the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre and then moved south to Philistia. He subdued Joppa, Beth-dagon, Bene-berak, and Azor and then moved to capture the cities of the Shephelah, which guarded the entrances to the valleys leading into the central hill country of Judah. While Sennacherib was attacking Lachish he sent his officers to demand Hezekiah’s surrender. This may be the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem from the north described in Isaiah 10:28-32, but this is not certain (see “Assyria Advances on Jerusalem” map). Hezekiah sent officers back to Sennacherib with gold and silver taken from Temple and the royal treasury, but he would not surrender. The officers then traveled to Libnah to meet with Sennacherib, for he gone to fight there by that time. In the meantime King Tirhakah of Cush, who was ruling over Egypt at this time, came to attack Sennacherib, so Sennacherib sent his officials back to Hezekiah with a message that Jerusalem would be taken if he resisted. Hezekiah laid the letter from the officials before the Lord and prayed, and the Lord sent word through the prophet Isaiah that Jerusalem would not be taken. Then that very night the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (probably those with Sennacherib fighting the Egyptians), and Sennacherib went back to Assyria. There while he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch, Sennacherib’s sons killed him and fled to Ararat (see “Ararat” map).
