At hearing the Assyrians' threats and taunts, Hezekiah desperately turned to God in prayer. God responded by putting to death 185,000 soldiers in the Assyrian camp. Sennacherib king of Assyria wisely decided to withdraw from Jerusalem. (Cf. 2 Kings 19:35-36; 2 Chron. 32:20-21; Isa. 37:36-37)