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Isaiah 37:36-38

Hezekiah’s Prayer and the LORD’s Deliverance from Assyria

Isaiah 37 moves from Hezekiah’s grief and appeal to the LORD, to Isaiah’s assurance that Assyria’s king will not prevail, to Sennacherib’s renewed letter of intimidation, to Hezekiah spreading the letter before the LORD, to a theologically rich prayer confessing the LORD as the living God over all kingdoms, to the LORD’s oracle against Assyria, and finally to the angelic destruction of the Assyrian army and Sennacherib’s downfall.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

36Then 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!

37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

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Verse 36

Cross-references

2 Kings 19:35BSB references 2 Chronicles 32:20BSB references Job 5:12Classic cross-references Isaiah 10:12Classic cross-references 1 Thessalonians 5:2Classic cross-references 2 Samuel 24:16Classic cross-references Colossians 2:15OliveGrove study links Hebrews 2:14-15OliveGrove study links Revelation 19:19-21OliveGrove study links

Original words

Then the angelמַלְאַ֣ךְH4397Noun - masculine singular constructof the LORDיְהוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularwent outוַיֵּצֵ֣א׀H3318Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularand struck downוַיַּכֶּה֙H5221Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular185,000 menמֵאָ֛הH3967Number - feminine singular. . .וּשְׁמֹנִ֥יםH8084Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural. . .וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖הH2568Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular. . .אָ֑לֶףH505Number - masculine singularin the campבְּמַחֲנֵ֣הH4264Preposition-b | Noun - common singular constructof the Assyriansאַשּׁ֔וּרH804Noun - proper - feminine singularWhen the people got upוַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּH7925Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralthe next morningבַבֹּ֔קֶרH1242Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularthereוְהִנֵּ֥הH2009Conjunctive waw | Interjectionwere allכֻלָּ֖םH3605Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralthe deadמֵתִֽים׃H4191Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralbodiesפְּגָרִ֥יםH6297Noun - masculine plural

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Hebrew When they got up

Verse 37

Cross-references

Jonah 1:2Classic cross-references Jonah 3:3Classic cross-references Colossians 2:15OliveGrove study links Hebrews 2:14-15OliveGrove study links Revelation 19:19-21OliveGrove study links

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So Sennacheribסַנְחֵרִ֣יבH5576Noun - proper - masculine singularkingמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428Noun - masculine singular constructof Assyriaאַשּׁ֑וּרH804Noun - proper - feminine singularbroke campוַיִּסַּ֣עH5265Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularand withdrewוַיֵּ֔לֶךְH1980Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularHe returnedוַיָּ֖שָׁבH7725Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto Ninevehבְּנִֽינְוֵֽה׃H5210Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singularand stayed thereוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבH3427Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular

Verse 38

Cross-references

Genesis 8:4Classic cross-references Jeremiah 51:27Classic cross-references Ezra 4:2Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 32:14Classic cross-references 2 Chronicles 32:19Classic cross-references Colossians 2:15OliveGrove study links Hebrews 2:14-15OliveGrove study links Revelation 19:19-21OliveGrove study links

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One dayוַיְהִי֩H1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularwhile heה֨וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singularwas worshipingמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜הH7812Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singularin the templeבֵּ֣ית׀H1004Noun - masculine singular constructof his godאֱלֹהָ֗יוH430Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularNisrochנִסְרֹ֣ךְH5268Noun - proper - masculine singularhis sonsבָּנָיו֙H1121Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularAdrammelechוְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְH152Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularand Sharezerוְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶרH8272Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularput himהִכֻּ֣הוּH5221Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singularto the swordבַחֶ֔רֶבH2719Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularandוְהֵ֥מָּהH1992Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine pluralescapedנִמְלְט֖וּH4422Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluralto the landאֶ֣רֶץH776Noun - feminine singular constructof Araratאֲרָרָ֑טH780Noun - proper - feminine singularAnd his sonבְּנ֖וֹH1121Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularvvvאֵֽסַר־H634Esar-haddonחַדֹּ֥ןH634Noun - proper - masculine singularreignedוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְH4427Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularin his placeתַּחְתָּֽיו׃סH8478Preposition | third person masculine singular

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