Isaiah 37:8 “When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he…”

Isaiah 37:8

When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

World English Bible

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.

American Standard Version

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

Geneva Bible 1599

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the King of Asshur fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

Darby Translation

And Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.

Young's Literal Translation

And Rabshakeh turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish.

Bible in Basic English

So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah: for it had come to his ears that the king of Assyria had gone away from Lachish.

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Cross references

“Rabshakeh”

2 Kings 19:8 2 Kings 19:9 Numbers 33:20 Numbers 33:21

2 Kings 19:8 · BSB

When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

2 Kings 19:9 · BSB

Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Numbers 33:20 · BSB

They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.

Numbers 33:21 · BSB

They set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

“Libnah”

Joshua 10:29 Joshua 10:31–34 Joshua 21:13 2 Kings 8:22 2 Chronicles 21:10

Joshua 10:29 · BSB

Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.

Joshua 10:31–34 · BSB

And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

Joshua 21:13 · BSB

So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,

2 Kings 8:22 · BSB

So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

2 Chronicles 21:10 · BSB

So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his hand at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.

“Lachish”

Joshua 12:11 Joshua 15:39

Joshua 12:11 · BSB

the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

Joshua 15:39 · BSB

Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”

9Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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