Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- BSB When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
- NKJV Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
- NLT Meanwhile, the Assyrian chief of staff left Jerusalem and went to consult the king of Assyria, who had left Lachish and was attacking Libnah.
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Rabshakeh returns to find the Assyrian king fighting Libnah, having left Lachish. The narrative tracks the unfolding of God's predicted withdrawal.
Overview
The field commander rejoins his master, whose campaign has shifted to another city. These movements, recorded as plain history, set in motion the events Isaiah foretold. The mundane reporting underscores that God's purposes work out through ordinary military and political developments.
Cross-references & the web
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- Josh 10:29Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
- Josh 10:31–34Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.
- 2 Kgs 8:22So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
- Num 33:20–21They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and encamped in Libnah.
- 2 Chr 21:10So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.
- Josh 12:11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
- Josh 21:13To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its suburbs,
- Josh 15:39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,
- 2 Kgs 19:8–9So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
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