Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem with mounds

and Hezekiah, to rid the country of its enemies, promised 800 talents of silver and 30 of gold. On this Sennacherib marched into Beypt, but his expedition proving futile he made a second invasion of Judah and attacked the stronghold of Lachish. From Lachish he sent an army against Jerusalem and the ministers of Hezekiah were filled witn anguish and dismay. The piety of the king was of more avail than arms, and the result of ing was a prophecy of -immediate deliverance. - “That - night the angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the A yrians 185,000 men.” Among the many conjectures as to the agent of this destruction, the most probable is that it was the pestilence.