Isaiah 37:36

37:35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine 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 a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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

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.

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. ¶

37:37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

What does Isaiah 37:36 mean?

Isaiah 37:36 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מֲלְאָךְ (mălʼâk), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), יָצָא (yâtsâʼ).

Hebrew interlinear

Then

the

angelמֲלְאָךְmălʼâk/mal-awk'/H4397a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)

the

LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

went

forth,יָצָאyâtsâʼ/yaw-tsaw'/H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.

and

smoteנָכָהnâkâh/naw-kaw'/H5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

the

campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh/makh-an-eh'/H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)

the

AssyriansאַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwr/ash-shoor'/H804Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire

hundredמֵאָהmêʼâh/may-aw'/H3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

and

fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshᵉmônîym/shem-o-neem'/H8084eighty, also eightieth

and

fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh/khaw-maysh'/H2568five

thousand:אֶלֶףʼeleph/eh'-lef/H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

and

when

they

arose

earlyשָׁכַםshâkam/shaw-kam'/H7925literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning

the

morning,בֹּקֶרbôqer/bo'-ker/H1242properly, dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning

behold,

they

were

all

deadמוּתmûwth/mooth/H4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

corpses.פֶּגֶרpeger/peh'gher/H6297a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 37:36.

Exodus 14:19

And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

Genesis 10:11

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, went: or, he went out into Assyria the city: or, the streets of the city

Genesis 14:17

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.

Genesis 32:8

And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

Genesis 4:15

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Genesis 4:16

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Genesis 5:25

And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

Genesis 5:26

And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: Lamech: Heb. Lemech

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What does Isaiah 37:36 say?

Isaiah 37:36 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Isaiah 37:36 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 37:36 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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