Isaiah 37:36-37

37:36 The Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses! 37:37 So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.


tn Traditionally, “the angel of the Lord” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

tn The word “troops” is supplied in the translation for smoothness and clarity.

tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.

tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies”; NLT “they found corpses everywhere.”

tn Heb “and Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and lived in Nineveh.”