The Bible account tells us what happened: “It came about on that night that the angel of Jehovah proceeded to go out and strike down a hundred and eighty - five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians.
إِضَافَةً إِلَى كَوْنِ ٱلْمَلَائِكَةِ رُسُلًا وَعَوْنًا مُقَوِّيًا لِعُبَّادِ يَهْوَه ،‏ فَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ دَوْرًا آخَرَ :‏ تَنْفِيذُ ٱلدَّيْنُونَةِ ٱلْإِلهِيَّةِ .‏