2 Chronicles 32:20-21
Context32:20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven. 32:21 The Lord sent a messenger 1 and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib 2 returned home humiliated. 3 When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons 4 struck him down with the sword.
2 Chronicles 32:24
Context32:24 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. 5 He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed. 6
1 tn Or “an angel.”
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”
4 tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”
5 tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”
6 tn Heb “and he spoke to him and a sign he gave to him.”