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2 Kings 19 35
That night the angel of the Lord went into the camp of the Assyrians. He put to death 185,000 people there. The people of Jerusalem got up the next morning and looked out at the camp. There were all the dead bodies!
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Isaiah 10:12
The Lord will finish everything he has planned to do against Mount Zion and Jerusalem. Then he’ll say,“ Now I will punish the king of Assyria. I will punish him because his heart and his eyes are so proud.
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2 Samuel 24 16
The angel reached his hand out to destroy Jerusalem. But the Lord stopped sending the plague. So he spoke to the angel who was making the people suffer. He said,“ That is enough! Do not kill any more people.” The angel of the Lord was at Araunah’s threshing floor. Araunah was from the city of Jebus.
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Isaiah 31:8
The Lord says,“ The Assyrians will be killed by swords. But the swords that kill them will not be used by human beings. The Assyrians will run away from those swords. But their young men will be caught and forced to work hard.
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2 Chronicles 32 21-2 Chronicles 32 22
The Lord sent an angel. The angel wiped out all the enemy’s fighting men, commanders and officers. He put an end to them right there in the camp of the Assyrian king. So Sennacherib went back to his own land in shame. He went into the temple of his god. There some of his own sons, the people closest to him, killed him with their swords.So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem. He saved them from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. He also saved them from all their other enemies. He took care of them on every side.
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Isaiah 10:33-34
The Assyrian soldiers are like trees in a forest. The Lord who rules over all will chop them down. The Lord will cut off their branches with his great power. He will chop the tall trees down. He will cut down even the highest ones.The Mighty One will chop down the forest with his ax. He will cut down the cedar trees in Lebanon.
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Psalms 46:6-11
Nations are in disorder. Kingdoms fall. God speaks, and the people of the earth melt in fear.The Lord who rules over all is with us. The God of Jacob is like a fort to us.Come and see what the Lord has done. See the places he has destroyed on the earth.He makes wars stop from one end of the earth to the other. He breaks every bow. He snaps every spear. He burns every shield with fire.He says,“ Be still, and know that I am God. I will be honored among the nations. I will be honored in the earth.”The Lord who rules over all is with us. The God of Jacob is like a fort to us.
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Isaiah 10:16-19
So the Lord who rules over all will send a sickness. The Lord will send it on the king of Assyria’s strong fighting men. It will make them weaker and weaker. The army he was so proud of will be completely destroyed. It will be as if it had been burned up in a fire.The Lord is the Light of Israel. He will become a fire. Israel’s Holy One will become a flame. In a single day he will burn up all Assyria’s bushes. He will destroy all their thorns.He will completely destroy the beauty of their forests and rich farm lands. The Assyrian army will be like a sick person who becomes weaker and weaker.It will be like the trees of their forests. So few of them will be left standing that even a child could count them.
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Isaiah 30:30-33
The Lord will cause people to hear his powerful voice. He will make them see his arm coming down to punish them. It will come down with burning anger and destroying fire. It will come down with rain, thunderstorms and hail.The voice of the Lord will tear the Assyrians apart. He will strike them down with his scepter.He will strike them with his club to punish them. Each time he does, his people will celebrate with the music of harps and tambourines. He will use his powerful arm to strike down the Assyrians in battle.In the Valley of Ben Hinnom, Topheth has been prepared for a long time. It has been made ready for the king of Assyria. Its fire pit has been made deep and wide. It has plenty of wood for the fire. The breath of the Lord will be like a stream of burning sulfur. It will set the wood on fire.
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Exodus 12:30
Pharaoh and all his officials got up during the night. So did all the Egyptians. There was loud crying in Egypt because someone had died in every home.
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Job 24:24
For a little while they are honored. Then they are gone. They are brought low. And they die like everyone else. They are cut off like heads of grain.
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Exodus 12:23
The Lord will go through the land to strike down the Egyptians. He’ll see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. He will pass over that house. He won’t let the destroying angel enter your homes to strike you down.
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Psalms 35:5-6
Let them be like straw blowing in the wind, while the angel of the Lord drives them away.Let their path be dark and slippery, while the angel of the Lord chases them.
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Psalms 76:5-7
Brave soldiers have been robbed of everything they had. Now they lie there, sleeping in death. Not one of them can even lift his hands.God of Jacob, at your command both horse and chariot lie still.People should have respect for you alone. Who can stand in front of you when you are angry?
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Job 20:5-7
Those who are evil are happy for only a short time. The joy of ungodly people lasts only for a moment.Their pride might reach all the way up to the heavens. Their heads might touch the clouds.But they will disappear forever, like the waste from their own bodies. Anyone who has seen them will say,‘ Where did they go?’
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1 Chronicles 21 16
David looked up. He saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and earth. The angel was holding out a sword over Jerusalem. David and the elders fell with their faces to the ground. They were wearing the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad.
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1 Thessalonians 5 2-1 Thessalonians 5 3
You know very well how the day of the Lord will come. It will come like a thief in the night.People will be saying that everything is peaceful and safe. Then suddenly they will be destroyed. It will happen like birth pains coming on a pregnant woman. None of the people will escape.
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1 Chronicles 21 12
You can have three years when there will not be enough food in the land. You can have three months when your enemies will sweep you away. They will catch up with you. They will destroy you with their swords. Or you can have three days when the sword of the Lord will punish you. That means there would be three days of plague in the land. My angel would strike down people in every part of Israel.’ So take your pick. Tell me how to answer the one who sent me.”
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Isaiah 33:10-12
“ Now I will take action,” says the Lord.“ Now I will be honored. Now I will be respected.Assyria, your plans and actions are like straw. Your anger is a fire that will destroy you.The nations will be burned to ashes. They will be like bushes that are cut down and set on fire.
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Acts 12:23
Right away an angel of the Lord struck Herod down. Herod had not given praise to God. So he was eaten by worms and died.