And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
That very night, an angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 soldiers in the Assyrian camp. When people got up early the next morning, they found all these dead bodies everywhere.
God sent an angel who killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in one night, delivering His people from a massive enemy army that seemed impossible to defeat.
📚 Historical Context
This occurred around 701 BC when the Assyrian king Sennacherib had surrounded Jerusalem with a massive army, threatening to destroy the city and take the people captive. King Hezekiah had prayed desperately to God for deliverance, and the prophet Isaiah had promised that God would defend the city. The Assyrians were the dominant military power of their time, making this supernatural intervention all the more remarkable.
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