2 Raja-raja 19:7

19:7 Look, I will take control of his mind; ¹  he will receive ²  a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down ³  with a sword in his own land.”’”

2 Raja-raja 19:35

19:35 That very night the Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they ⁴  got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses. ⁵ 

[19:7]  ¹ tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh), “spirit,” is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

[19:7]  ² tn Heb “hear.”

[19:7]  ³ tn Heb “cause him to fall,” that is, “kill him.”

[19:35]  ⁴ tn This refers to the Israelites and/or the rest of the Assyrian army.

[19:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “look, all of them were dead bodies.”