Isaiah 37:36 meaning and explanation

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Isaiah 37:36, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse reports the outcome of the LORD's promise in verses 33 to 35, spoken through Isaiah while Jerusalem was besieged by Sennacherib's Assyrian army. The angel of the LORD, a figure who acts with God's own authority, strikes down 185,000 soldiers in the camp, and the survivors wake to find the dead.

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