He Assyria Shall Reach Even to Thy Neck

Alan C. Miner

Assyria fulfilled this prophecy before being stopped via death by plague of 185,000 soldiers:

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

And it came to pass that night that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh. (2 Kings 19:32-36)

2 Nephi 18:14 A stone of stumbling ([Illustration]): This well worn path near Montfort, northern Israel, is filled with stumbling stones that may cause path users to trip and fall. Stumbling stones were much more common for travelers in the ancient world than now, with today's numerous cement sidewalks and paved roads. Photograph by Tana and Mac Graham. [Donald W. Parry, Visualizing Isaiah, p. 77]

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