That night, the LORD’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.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 35. Night following the prediction of Isaias, ( Calmet.) or that memorable night which would be so terrible to the Assyrians after three years, verse 29. Thus we read, in that day, and so forth Isaiah 27. Menochius.—The exterminating angel, (Exodus 11:4. Calmet.) an evil spirit, (Psalms 77:49) or the guardian of the synagogue. Abulensis.—When he, Sennacherib. Hebrew and so forth “when they,” his few attendants who were spared to announce this judgment; (Isaiah 37:36. Calmet.) or when the inhabitants of Jerusalem arose. Bible. It seems the carnage was effected without much noise, ( Calmet.) by fire (Rabbins) or by pestilence. Josephus. Menochius.