One option on how this great slaughter of men was executed is that the Kush or Egyptians came up and killed the Assyrian army in the night. Another theory is that the Egyptians came up at the same time as a plague or messenger from the Lord came through. These two events together caused the Assyrians to become afraid and retreat back to Nineveh. The hard part for scholars is that they do not know when when the Egyptians or Kushites came up and attacked. This theory makes a lot of sense, but takes away the authority of the the Bible and the power of God. It is trying to read human logic and reasoning into the Bible and God’s power over the universe. I believe that God can do anything, and this means he could send an angel or plague to wipe out
