Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
Parallel translations
- WEB Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
- BSB Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to 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
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- Josh 21:13Thus 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,
- Josh 15:42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
- Josh 10:28And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
- Josh 8:2And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
- Josh 8:29And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
- Josh 6:21And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
- Josh 12:15The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
- 2 Kgs 19:8So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
- Num 33:20And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.
- 2 Kgs 8:22Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
- Jer 52:1Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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