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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 32:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 32:21 |
Strong Concordance |
And the LORD [03068] sent [07971] an angel [04397], which cut off [03582] all the mighty men [01368] of valour [02428], and the leaders [05057] and captains [08269] in the camp [04264] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]. So he returned [07725] with shame [01322] of face [06440] to his own land [0776]. And when he was come [0935] into the house [01004] of his god [0430], they that came forth [03329] of his own bowels [04578] slew [05307] him there with the sword [02719]. |
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King James |
And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
AN ANGEL DESTROYS THE ASSYRIANS. (Ch2 32:21-23)
an angel . . . cut off all the mighty men--(See on Kg2 19:35-37). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The Lord sent an angel - The Jewish comment says the word of the Lord sent Gabriel to do this execution, and that it done with lightning, and in the passover night, the same night wherein the first - born in Egypt were slain. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The Lord sent an angel - See Kg2 19:36 (note), and the note there.
House of his god - Nisroch.
They that came forth of his own bowels - His sons Adrammelech and Sharezer. |
35 And it came to pass that night [03915], that the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] went out [03318], and smote [05221] in the camp [04264] of the Assyrians [0804] an hundred [03967] fourscore [08084] and five [02568] thousand [0505]: and when they arose early [07925] in the morning [01242], behold, they were all dead [04191] corpses [06297].
36 So Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] departed [05265], and went [03212] and returned [07725], and dwelt [03427] at Nineveh [05210].
37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping [07812] in the house [01004] of Nisroch [05268] his god [0430], that Adrammelech [0152] and Sharezer [08272] his sons [01121] smote [05221] him with the sword [02719]: and they escaped [04422] into the land [0776] of Armenia [0780]. And Esarhaddon [0634] his son [01121] reigned [04427] in his stead.
21 And the LORD [03068] sent [07971] an angel [04397], which cut off [03582] all the mighty men [01368] of valour [02428], and the leaders [05057] and captains [08269] in the camp [04264] of the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]. So he returned [07725] with shame [01322] of face [06440] to his own land [0776]. And when he was come [0935] into the house [01004] of his god [0430], they that came forth [03329] of his own bowels [04578] slew [05307] him there with the sword [02719].
22 Thus the LORD [03068] saved [03467] Hezekiah [03169] and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] from the hand [03027] of Sennacherib [05576] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and from the hand [03027] of all other, and guided [05095] them on every side [05439].
23 And many [07227] brought [0935] gifts [04503] unto the LORD [03068] to Jerusalem [03389], and presents [04030] to Hezekiah [03169] king [04428] of Judah [03063]: so that he was magnified [05375] in the sight [05869] of all nations [01471] from thenceforth [0310].
36 So Sennacherib [05576] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] departed [05265], and went [03212] and returned [07725], and dwelt [03427] at Nineveh [05210].