Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club
cjoll4@lemmy.world
Context from the original OP u/jackt-up on reddit:
Context: In the Bible we have this really crazy episode in Kings, where Hezekiah, the king of Judah, prays for God to aid him, as Jerusalem is under siege by the Assyrians. Not only does God deliver him, he sends one singular Angel to deal with 185,000 Assyrian troops. All of them are killed.
“The prophet Isaiah sent word to Hezekiah that, because of Sennacherib’s blasphemous taunts about the God of Israel, the Lord Himself would fight for them and destroy Sennacherib and his armies. Sennacherib was not just defying Israel; he was defying the Living God. That night, the angel of the Lord slew 185,000 in the Assyrian camp. When Sennacherib saw the carnage, he abandoned his conquest of Jerusalem and fled to Nineveh. He never stepped foot inside Jerusalem, just as Isaiah had said.”
In reality, something must’ve happened—maybe a setback for Assyria, or perhaps a diplomatic concord—because when describing their enemies of the time, the Assyrians always mention how they crushed them. But with Judah, they simply say, basically, “they’re chill; all good with them.”
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 23 hours ago
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