Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah. New Living Translation Meanwhile, the Assyrian chief of staff left Jerusalem and went to consult the king of Assyria, who had left Lachish and was attacking Libnah. English Standard Version The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. Berean Standard Bible When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah. King James Bible So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. New King James Version Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish. New American Standard Bible Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. NASB 1995 Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. NASB 1977 Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. Legacy Standard Bible Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had set out from Lachish. Amplified Bible So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah], for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. Christian Standard Bible When the royal spokesman heard that the king of Assyria had pulled out of Lachish, he left and found him fighting against Libnah. Holman Christian Standard Bible When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he returned and found him fighting against Libnah. 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Rabshaqeh returned and he found The King of Assyria fighting against Lebna when he heard that he picked up from Lakish Brenton Septuagint Translation So Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachis. Contemporary English Version Meanwhile the commander of the Assyrian forces heard that his king had left the town of Lachish and was now attacking Libnah. So he went there. Douay-Rheims Bible And Rabsaces returned, end found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna. W For he had heard that he was departed from Lachis. English Revised Version So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. GOD'S WORD® Translation The field commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah. He had heard that the king left Lachish. Good News Translation The Assyrian official learned that the emperor had left Lachish and was fighting against the nearby city of Libnah; so he went there to consult him. International Standard Version So the field commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, since he had heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish. JPS Tanakh 1917 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. Literal Standard Version And Rabshakeh turns back and finds the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he has heard that he has journeyed from Lachish. Majority Standard Bible When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah. New American Bible When the commander, on his return, heard that the king of Assyria had withdrawn from Lachish, he found him besieging Libnah. NET Bible When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning. New Revised Standard Version The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. New Heart English Bible So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. Webster's Bible Translation So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he had 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. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sennacherib's Blasphemous Letter8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah. 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,… Cross References Numbers 33:20 They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. Joshua 10:29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah. Joshua 10:31 And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it. Joshua 10:32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He put all the people to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah. Jeremiah 52:1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. Treasury of Scripture So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. Rabshakeh 2 Kings 19:8,9 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish… Numbers 33:20,21 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah… Libnah Joshua 10:29,31-34 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: … Joshua 21:13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, 2 Kings 8:22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. Lachish Joshua 12:11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; Joshua 15:39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, Jump to Previous Assyria Commander Departed Ears Field Fighting Findeth Found Heard Journeyed Libnah Making Rabshakeh Rab'shakeh Rab-Shakeh Turneth War Warring WithdrewJump to Next Assyria Commander Departed Ears Field Fighting Findeth Found Heard Journeyed Libnah Making Rabshakeh Rab'shakeh Rab-Shakeh Turneth War Warring WithdrewIsaiah 37 1. Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them6. Isaiah comforts them 8. Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah 14. Hezekiah's prayer 21. Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion 36. An angel slays the Assyrians 37. Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons. (8) Warring against Libnah . . . Lachish.--Both names occur in Joshua 15:39; Joshua 15:42, as belonging to Judah. The step would seem to indicate a strategic movement, intended to check the march of Tirhakah's army; but in our ignorance of the topography, we can settle nothing further. By some writers Libnah has been identified with Pelusium, or some other town in the Delta of the Nile. The narrative seems, perhaps, to suggest something more than a transfer of the attack from one small fortress in Judah to another; but that is all that can be said.Verse 8. - Rabshakeh... found the King of Assyria warring against Libnah. Libnah was a town at no great distance from Lachish (Joshua 10:31; Joshua 15:39-42). It was also near Mareshah (Joshua 15:42-44), and must therefore have belonged to the more southern portion of the Shefeleh, and probably to the eastern region, where the hills sink down into the plain. The exact site is very uncertain, and still remains to be discovered. Sennacherib's object in moving upon Libnah is doubtful; but it would seem, from his monuments, that he had captured Lachish (Layard, 'Nineveh and Babylon,' pp. 149-152), and had gone on to Libnah, as the next stronghold on the way to Egypt. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whenכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the Rab-shakeh שָׁקֵ֔ה (šā·qêh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7262: Rabshakeh -- perhaps 'chief of the officers', an Assyrian military leader heard שָׁמַ֔ע (šā·ma‘) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently that כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the king of Assyria had left נָסַ֖ע (nā·sa‘) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5265: To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey Lachish, מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃ (mil·lā·ḵîš) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3923: Lachish -- a Canaanite city Southwest of Jerusalem he withdrew וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (way·yā·šāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again and found וַיִּמְצָא֙ (way·yim·ṣā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present the king מֶ֣לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king fighting נִלְחָ֖ם (nil·ḥām) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Libnah. לִבְנָ֑ה (liḇ·nāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3841: Libnah -- a city in soutwest Judah, also a place in the wilderness Links Isaiah 37:8 NIVIsaiah 37:8 NLT Isaiah 37:8 ESV Isaiah 37:8 NASB Isaiah 37:8 KJV Isaiah 37:8 BibleApps.com Isaiah 37:8 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 37:8 Chinese Bible Isaiah 37:8 French Bible Isaiah 37:8 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 37:8 So Rabshakeh returned and found the king (Isa Isi Is) |