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2 Chronicles 32:21–22

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¶ And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
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From verse 21

  1. Isaiah 37:36–38Rank 1 from verse 21
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    36Then 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¶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

    38And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

  2. Psalms 76:5Rank 2 from verse 21
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    5The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

  3. 2 Kings 19:20Rank 3 from verse 21
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    20¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

  4. 2 Kings 19:35–37Rank 4 from verse 21
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    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.

    36So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

    37And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

  5. 2 Samuel 24:16Rank 5 from verse 21
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    16And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

  6. Acts 12:23Rank 6 from verse 21
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    23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

  7. Daniel 6:22Rank 7 from verse 21
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    22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

  8. Isaiah 10:16–19Rank 8 from verse 21
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    16Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

    17And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

    18And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.

    19And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

  9. Isaiah 10:33–34Rank 9 from verse 21
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    33Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

    34And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

  10. Isaiah 10:8Rank 10 from verse 21
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    8For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

  11. Isaiah 17:12–14Rank 11 from verse 21
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    12¶ Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

    13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

    14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

  12. Isaiah 30:30–33Rank 12 from verse 21
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    30And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

    31For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

    32And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

    33For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

  13. Isaiah 33:10–12Rank 13 from verse 21
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    10Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.

    11Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you.

    12And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

  14. Isaiah 36:9Rank 14 from verse 21
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    9How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  15. Isaiah 37:21Rank 15 from verse 21
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    21¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

  16. Isaiah 42:8Rank 16 from verse 21
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    8I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

  17. Job 9:4Rank 17 from verse 21
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    4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

  18. Matthew 13:49–50Rank 18 from verse 21
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    49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

    50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

  19. Proverbs 11:2Rank 19 from verse 21
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    2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

  20. Proverbs 16:18Rank 20 from verse 21
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    18Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  21. Psalms 132:18Rank 21 from verse 21
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    18His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.

  22. Psalms 18:50Rank 22 from verse 21
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    50Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

  23. Psalms 76:12Rank 23 from verse 21
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    12He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.

  24. Psalms 76:7Rank 24 from verse 21
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    7Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

  25. Revelation 6:15–16Rank 25 from verse 21
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    15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

    16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

  26. Daniel 3:28Rank 26 from verse 21
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    28Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

  27. Isaiah 29:5–8Rank 27 from verse 21
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    5Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

    6Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

    7¶ And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

    8It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

  28. Revelation 19:17–18Rank 28 from verse 21
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    17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

    18That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

From verse 22

  1. Isaiah 31:4–5Rank 1 from verse 22
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    4For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.

    5As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

  2. 2 Thessalonians 3:5Rank 2 from verse 22
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    5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

  3. Hosea 1:7Rank 3 from verse 22
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    7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

  4. John 16:13Rank 4 from verse 22
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    13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

  5. Psalms 144:10Rank 5 from verse 22
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    10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

  6. Psalms 18:48–50Rank 6 from verse 22
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    48He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

    49Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

    50Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore.

  7. Psalms 37:39–40Rank 7 from verse 22
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    39But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

    40And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

  8. Isaiah 10:24–25Rank 8 from verse 22
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    24¶ Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

    25For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

  9. Isaiah 33:22Rank 9 from verse 22
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    22For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

  10. Isaiah 58:11Rank 10 from verse 22
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    11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

  11. Psalms 48:14Rank 11 from verse 22
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    14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

  12. Psalms 71:20–21Rank 12 from verse 22
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    20Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

    21Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.

  13. Psalms 73:24Rank 13 from verse 22
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    24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

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2 Chronicles 32:21

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angel

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Sense 1: A messenger. Sense 2: A heavenly or spiritual messenger, whether holy or fallen as stated.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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cut

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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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mighty

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Possessing or displaying great strength, power, ability, rank, or effect.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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camp

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1. A place where a people, host, or army is lodged or encamped, especially in tents; by extension, the people or host there. 2. To encamp, lodge, or take position.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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returned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of return, meaning to go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.

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shame

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Sense 1: A painful sense of guilt, disgrace, or dishonor. Sense 2: As a verb, to make ashamed or bring disgrace upon.

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face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

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land

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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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god

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1. A deity or object worshipped as a god. 2. A ruler, judge, or spiritual power bearing the title god.

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forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

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bowels

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1. Figuratively, deep inward feeling or affection, especially compassion, mercy, or distress; also one deeply loved. 2. The inward organs or inner parts of the body. 3. The womb or inward bodily source of offspring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2 Chronicles 32:22

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saved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of save, meaning to rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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guided

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Led; conducted; directed in the way; instructed and directed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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side

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Sense 1: A lateral part, edge, or surface. Sense 2: A party or position in a dispute.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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32:21¶ And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.

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32:22Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.

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32:23And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

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