37:35 I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’” 3
37:36 The Lord’s messenger 4 went out and killed 185,000 troops 5 in the Assyrian camp. When they 6 got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses! 7
1 tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.
2 tn Heb “cause him to fall” (so KJV, ASV, NAB), that is, “kill him.”
3 tn Heb “for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.”
4 tn Traditionally, “the angel of the Lord” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
5 tn The word “troops” is supplied in the translation for smoothness and clarity.
6 tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.
7 tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies”; NLT “they found corpses everywhere.”