Isaiah 37:36

Isaiah 37:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.
• New Living Translation (NLT)That night the angel of the Lord went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere.

Context of Isaiah 37:36

34By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city,” declares the Lord. 35“I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!” Then the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! 37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. 38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son succeeded him as king.

Isaiah 37:36 word by word

וַיֵּצֵ֣א׀ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה וַיַּכֶּה֙ בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה אַשּׁ֔וּר מֵאָ֛ה וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה אָ֑לֶף וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וְהִנֵּ֥ה כֻלָּ֖ם פְּגָרִ֥ים מֵתִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then the angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• went forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• and smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• in the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
• of the Assyriansאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• a hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
• and fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and when they arose earlyשָׁכַםshâkam · to riseH7925
• in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• all deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• corpsesפֶּ֫גֶרpeger · corpseH6297

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:36

• Isaiah 10:12When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.
• Isaiah 30:30The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice and will make them see his arm coming down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail.
• Isaiah 31:8“Assyria will fall by no human sword; a sword, not of mortals, will devour them. They will flee before the sword and their young men will be put to forced labor.
• Isaiah 33:10“Now will I arise,” says the Lord. “Now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up.
• Exodus 12:23When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
• 2 Samuel 24:16When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
• 2 Kings 19:35That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!
• 1 Chronicles 21:12three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies, with their swords overtaking you, or three days of the sword of the Lord—days of plague in the land, with the angel of the Lord ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should answer the one who sent me.”
• 2 Chronicles 32:21And the Lord sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.
• Psalms 35:5May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away;
• Acts 12:23Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• Exodus 12:30Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.
• Job 20:5that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
• Job 24:24For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
• Psalms 46:6Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
• Psalms 76:5The valiant lie plundered, they sleep their last sleep; not one of the warriors can lift his hands.

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 36Then the angel - Before "the angel, "the other copy, 2 Kings 19:35, adds "it came to pass the same night, that " - The Prophet Hosea, Hosea 1:7, has given a plain prediction of the miraculous deliverance of the kingdom of Judah: - "And to the house of Judah I will be tenderly merciful: And I will save them by Jehovah their God. And I will not save them by the bow; Nor by sword, nor by battle; By horses, nor by horsemen." - L.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Then the angel of the Lord went forth - This verse contains the record of one of the most remarkable events which have occurred in history. Many attempts have been made to explain the occurrence which is here recorded, and to trace the agencies or means which God employed. It may be observed that the use of the word angel‘ here does not determine the manner in which it was done. So far as the word is concerned, it might have been accomplished either by…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36The angel of the Lord was a special heavenly messenger through whom God acted on earth. Often, he delivered important messages (see Genesis 16:7–14), but sometimes he brought judgment (see 2 Samuel 24:16). struck down 185,000 men: The Lord began to fulfill his repeated promises: rescue of Jerusalem and judgment of Assyria (see Isaiah 10:16, 33–34; 30:31; 31:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. Some attribute the destruction to the agency of the plague (see on Is 33:24), which may have caused Hezekiah's sickness, narrated immediately after; but Is 33:1, 4, proves that the Jews spoiled the corpses, which they would not have dared to do, had there been on them infection of a plague. The secondary agency seems, from Is 29:6; 30:30, to have been a storm of hail, thunder, and lightning (compare Ex 9:22-25). The simoon belongs rather to Africa and…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:36

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Assyria
• Libnah
• Miracles
• Sennacherib

In the dictionaries

• Angel of the Lord
• Hezekiah
• Bible, the
• Blast
• Chronicles, Books of
• Corpse
• Destroyer
• Emerods
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings