2 Chronicles 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.

Cross-references

Acts 12:23 Parallel

Acts 12:23 tells of an angel striking Herod for not giving glory; here an angel strikes the Assyrian army for opposing God — both judge the proud.

Isaiah 30:30–33 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 30:30-33 explicitly prophesies the LORD striking Assyria with his rod—fulfilled when the angel struck down Sennacherib's army.

Isaiah 29:5–8 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 29:5-8 prophesies God's sudden visitation against nations attacking Jerusalem—fulfilled by the angel's intervention for Hezekiah.

Isaiah 33:10–12 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 33:10-12 prophesies God arising to consume the proud like chaff — fulfilled when the angel destroyed Assyria's army.

Isaiah 10:33 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 10:33 prophesies God lopping off the lofty—fulfilled as the angel hewed down Assyria's high commanders.

Isaiah 36:9 Contrast

Isaiah 36:9 records Assyria's taunt questioning Judah's strength — directly contrasting with their total defeat here.

Proverbs 16:18 declares pride precedes destruction — exactly what happened to Sennacherib in this account.

Proverbs 11:2 teaches that pride brings disgrace — exemplified by Sennacherib's humiliating defeat and assassination.

Psalm 76:12 Allusion

Psalm 76:12 says God cuts off princes and terrifies kings—matching the angel's destruction of Assyrian leaders and Sennacherib's shame.

Isaiah 37:36 describes the identical event—the angel striking down the Assyrian army—as in 2 Chr 32:21.

Psalm 76:5 Allusion

Psalm 76:5 depicts God stripping mighty warriors and making them sleep—the same fate as Assyria's commanders slain by the angel.

Isaiah 37:38 provides the same account of Sennacherib's death, confirming the historical event from a prophetic book.

2 Kings 19:37 also records Sennacherib's assassination by his sons in his god's temple—identical event from a parallel account.

2 Kings 19:36 gives the parallel account of Sennacherib's return to Nineveh after the angel's slaughter.

2 Kings 19:35-37 gives the detailed account of the angel's destruction and Sennacherib's death, parallel to 2 Chr 32:21.

Psalm 76:3 Allusion

Psalm 76:3 celebrates God breaking the weapons of war—directly describing the same miraculous defeat of the Assyrian army that 2 Chronicles 32:21 records.

Psalm 34:17 Parallel

Psalm 34:17 promises the Lord hears the righteous and delivers them; Hezekiah's prayer and God's rescue embody this.

Psalm 33:16 Parallel

Psalm 33:16 teaches that no king is saved by military might; God's angel destroyed Assyria's vast army, illustrating that truth.

Isaiah 37:7 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 37:7 prophesies that Sennacherib will hear a rumor and be killed in his own land—exactly the outcome recorded in 2 Chronicles 32:21.

2 Kings 19:7 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Kings 19:7 contains God's prophecy that Sennacherib will fall by the sword; 2 Chronicles 32:21 fulfills that prophecy with his assassination.

Isaiah 29:8 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 29:8 portrays the Assyrian siege as an unsatisfied dream—prophetically capturing the sudden dissipation of the threat that 2 Chronicles 32:21 recounts.

Isaiah 31:8 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 31:8 foretells Assyria falling by a sword not of man—fulfilled in 2 Chronicles 32:21 when an angel strikes the army.

Isaiah 10:8 Contrast

Isaiah 10:8 records Assyria's boast that its commanders are kings—pride contrasted with God cutting them off.

Isaiah 17:12-14 depicts sudden destruction of hostile nations at evening, gone by morning—parallels the angel's swift strike.

Isaiah 10:16–18 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 10:16-18 prophesies judgment on Assyria, which the angel's action in 2 Chr 32:21 fulfills.

Psalm 76:7 Parallel

Psalm 76:7 declares none can stand before God's anger—the reason Assyria fell so suddenly in Chronicles.

Deuteronomy 28:7 Related theme

Deuteronomy 28:7 promises enemies will flee before Israel if they obey; here God delivers by destroying the Assyrian army, echoing that covenant blessing.

Job 9:4 Parallel

Job 9:4 asserts none can succeed against God's might; the total defeat of Assyria here is a concrete demonstration of that truth.

Nahum 1:14 Historical context

Nahum 1:14 pronounces judgment on Nineveh—continuing the divine verdict against Assyria that began with Sennacherib's army in 2 Chronicles 32:21.

2 Samuel 24:16 also features an angel of judgment, but there God relents; here the angel completes the destruction — both use angelic agents.