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19 They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if He were one of the gods of the people of the earth, which were made by the hands of men.

20 But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the man of God, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven. 21 And the Lord sent an angel who destroyed every powerful soldier and every captain and leader in the camp of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned in shame to his own land. And when he had gone into the house of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword.

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19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as they did about the gods of the other peoples of the world—the work of human hands.(A)

20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer(B) to heaven about this. 21 And the Lord sent an angel,(C) who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.(D)

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