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Berean Standard Bible

“And that very night 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!”

2 Kings 19:35

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Hezekiah has prayed for deliverance from Sennacherib's Assyrian army, which surrounds Jerusalem, and Isaiah has told him that the king of Assyria will not enter the city. This verse describes what happened that night.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

And that very night 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!

World English Bible (WEB)

That night, Yahweh’s angel went out, and struck one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

King James Version (KJV)

And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And it came to pass that night, that the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

And that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y aconteció que la misma noche salió el ángel de Jehová, é hirió en el campo de los Asirios ciento ochenta y cinco mil; y como se levantaron por la mañana, he aquí los cuerpos de los muertos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Aquella misma noche, el ángel del Señor dio muerte a ciento ochenta y cinco mil soldados del ejército asirio. A la mañana siguiente, el campo estaba lleno de cadáveres.

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