2 Chronicles 32:8-9

32:8 He has with him mere human strength, ¹  but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!” The army ²  was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

32:9 Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers ³  to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of ⁴  Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read:

2 Chronicles 32:21

32:21 The Lord sent a messenger ⁵  and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib ⁶  returned home humiliated. ⁷  When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons ⁸  struck him down with the sword.

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¹ tn Heb “With him is an arm of flesh.”

² tn Or “people.”

³ tn Heb “servants.”

⁴ tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” here by metonymy for the people of Judah.

⁵ tn Or “an angel.”

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

⁸ tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”