2 Tawarikh 32:20-21

32:20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven. 32:21 The Lord sent a messenger ¹  and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib ²  returned home humiliated. ³  When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons ⁴  struck him down with the sword.

2 Tawarikh 32:24

Hezekiah’s Shortcomings and Accomplishments

32:24 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ⁵  He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed. ⁶ 

[32:21]  ¹ tn Or “an angel.”

[32:21]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sennacherib) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[32:21]  ³ tn Heb “and he returned with shame of face to his land.”

[32:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “and some from those who went out from him, from his inward parts.”

[32:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

[32:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he spoke to him and a sign he gave to him.”