Isaiah 37:36-38
God’s sovereign judgment secures His people’s safety.
36 Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there.
38 As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
God’s sovereign judgment secures his people’s safety.
To record the LORD’s decisive defeat of Assyria and the downfall of Sennacherib, confirming his sovereign defense of Jerusalem.
Hezekiah’s Prayer and the LORD’s Deliverance from Assyria
When Assyria blasphemes the living God and threatens Zion, Hezekiah brings the matter before the LORD, and the LORD vindicates His name, defends His city, preserves His remnant, and judges the proud enemy by His own power.