Isaiah 37:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.”
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“When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.”
King James Version · Public Domain“So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Rabshakeh turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 37:8 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 33:20They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
- Joshua 10:29Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
- Joshua 10:31And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.
- Joshua 12:11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
- Joshua 15:39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
- Joshua 21:13So 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 8:22So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
- 2 Kings 19:8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
- 2 Chronicles 21:10So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
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