Revised Webster's Bible
Isaiah 37:36
36Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and eighty and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)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!
- 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.
Context of Isaiah 37:36
34By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. 35For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and eighty and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies. 37So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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וַיֵּצֵ֣א׀ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה וַיַּכֶּה֙ בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה אַשּׁ֔וּר מֵאָ֛ה וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה אָ֑לֶף וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וְהִנֵּ֥ה כֻלָּ֖ם פְּגָרִ֥ים מֵתִֽים׃Read the interlinear
- angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
- LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- Assyriansאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
- hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- eightyשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
- fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- earlyשָׁכַםshâkam · to riseH7925
- morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
- deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
- bodiesפֶּ֫גֶרpeger · corpseH6297
Cross-references for Isaiah 37:36
- Isaiah 10:12Therefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
- Isaiah 30:30And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
- Isaiah 31:8Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become forced labourers.
- Isaiah 33:10Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
- Exodus 12:23For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not permit the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you .
- 2 Samuel 24:16And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thy hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
- 2 Kings 19:35And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and eighty and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
- 1 Chronicles 21:12Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while the sword of thy enemies overtaketh thee ; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the land of Israel. Now therefore consider thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
- 2 Chronicles 32:21And the LORD sent an angel, who 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 had come into the house of his god, they that came forth from his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
- Psalms 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them .
- Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten by worms, and died.
- Exodus 12:30And Pharaoh rose in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.
- Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Job 24:24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the heads of grain.
- Psalms 46:6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
- Psalms 76:5The stout hearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their 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
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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
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