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Angel of the Lord destroying Assyrian Army from a Book of Old Testament Prophets created around 1300

Have archaeologists discovered the location where the Angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers?

Archaeologists may have found the location of one of the Bible’s most famous battles, when an angel struck down the Assyrian army, killing 185,000 soldiers about 2,700 years ago, the Daily Mail reports. Oddly, an ancient wall carving played a critical role in the discovery. In the account recorded in Isaiah 37:36-38, 2 Kings 19:35, and 2 Chronicles 32:21, Assyria’s King Sennacherib was attacking Jerusalem, which at the time was being ruled by King Hezekiah, with the intent of bringing the country into submission. Sennacherib had previously defeated Israel and had already captured much of Judah’s Northern Territory. Hezekiah initially tried to pay off Sennacherib, however, the Lord delivered a message to Hezekiah through the prophet Isaiah that Sennacherib would not take Jerusalem. This was fulfilled with the destruction of Sennacherib’s army. With his army decimated, the Assyrian King was forced to return home, where he was eventually assassinated by one of his sons. There is even evidence of Sennacherib’s defeat carved on the walls of his palace in Khorsebad, located near Nineveh, where the …