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21 The Lord sent a messenger[a] and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib[b] returned home humiliated.[c] When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons[d] struck him down with the sword.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 32:21 tn Or “an angel.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 32:21 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 2 Chronicles 32:21 tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 32:21 tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”