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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.”

21 And the Lord sent an angel,(A) 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.(B)

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