1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| II Kings 19:35 | *And it came to pass that night, that an angel of the Lord came, and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when he arose early in the morning, he saw all the bodies of the dead. Tobias 1:21.; Ecclesiasticus 48:24.; Isaias 37:36.; 1 Machabees 7:41.; 2 Machabees 8:19. | Night following the prediction of Isaias, (Calmet) or that memorable night which would be so terrible to the Assyrians after three years, ver. 29. Thus we read, in that day, etc., Isaias xxvii. (Menochius) --- The exterminating angel, (Exodus 11:4.; Calmet) an evil spirit, (Psalm 77:49.) or the guardian of the synagogue. (Abulensis) --- When he, Sennacherib. Hebrew, etc., "when they," his few attendants who were spared to announce this judgment; (Isaias 37:36.; Calmet) or when the inhabitants of Jerusalem arose. (Haydock) It seems the carnage was effected without much noise, (Calmet) by fire (Rabbins) or by pestilence. (Josephus) (Menochius) |