Isaiah 37:8 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 37:8

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Rabshakeh returned - From Isa 36:2, we learn that the king of Assyria had sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem; now it is likely that Rabshakeh had besieged that place, and that the king of Assyria had taken his station before this city, and dispatched Rabshakeh against Jerusalem. But, as in the verse above it is said, “he had departed from Lachish,” probably he had been obliged to raise the siege, and sat down before Libnah, which promised an easier conquest.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Libnah--meaning "whiteness," the Blanche-garde of the Crusaders [STANLEY]. EUSEBIUS and JEROME place it more south, in the district of Eleutheropolis, ten miles northwest of Lachish, which Sennacherib had captured (see on Isa 36:2). Libnah was in Judea and given to the priests (1Ch 6:54, 57).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙	vai.Ya.shov	and he returned	H7725 →
רַב־	rav-	[the] chief	H7262 →
שָׁקֵ֔ה	sha.Keh	commander	H7262 →
וַיִּמְצָא֙	vai.yim.Tza'	and he found	H4672 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
אַשּׁ֔וּר	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →
נִלְחָ֖ם	nil.Cham	fighting	H3898 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
לִבְנָ֑ה	liv.Nah	Libnah	H3841 →
כִּ֣י	ki	if	H3588 →
שָׁמַ֔ע	sha.Ma'	he had heard	H8085 →
כִּ֥י	ki	that	H3588 →
נָסַ֖ע	na.Sa'	he had departed	H5265 →
מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃	mi.la.Khish	from Lachish	H3923 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 8:22
So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
leads to
- Joshua 21:13
  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,
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 19:8
  When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 27:40
  You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
Through
Joshua 21:13
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,
leads to
- Joshua 15:42
  Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 10:29
  Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
- Joshua 20:7
  So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- Joshua 15:54
  Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
Through
Joshua 12:11
the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
leads to
- Joshua 10:31–32
  And Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Libnah to Lachish. They laid siege to it and fought against it.

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