Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
Parallel translations
- WEB Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
- KJV Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
- NKJV Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah; and they fought against Libnah.
- NASB Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
- NLT Then Joshua and the Israelites went to Libnah and attacked it.
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Quick answer
Joshua and Israel move from Makkedah to attack Libnah. The campaign advances city by city.
Overview
The narrative continues the methodical conquest as Israel marches against Libnah next. Each stage shows the steady fulfillment of God's promise to give the land into Israel's hand. The relentless progress portrays the LORD systematically subduing Canaan before His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Josh 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,
- Josh 15:42Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
- Josh 10:28On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Josh 8:2And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
- Josh 8:29He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
- Josh 6:21At the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
- Josh 12:15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
- 2 Kgs 19:8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
- Num 33:20They set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
- 2 Kgs 8:22So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.
- Jer 52:1Zedekiah 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.
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Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.
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