A moment in scripture
2 Kings 19:33
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.
The surrounding passage
- 2 Kings 19:31
For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.
- 2 Kings 19:32
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
- 2 Kings 19:34
For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
- 2 Kings 19:35
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.