KJV King James Version
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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2 Kings 19:8
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
WEB World English Bible
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
ASV American Standard Version
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the chief of the butlers turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 19
5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
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וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙H7725 · shuvto return: returnרַב־H7262 · rav.sha.qehRabshakehשָׁקֵ֔הH7262 · rav.sha.qehRabshakehוַיִּמְצָא֙H4672 · ma.tsato findאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאַשּׁ֔וּרH804 · ash.shurAssyriaנִלְחָ֖םH3898 · la.chamto fightעַל־H5921 · aluponלִבְנָ֑הH3841 · liv.nahLibnahכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforשָׁמַ֔עH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforנָסַ֖עH5265 · na.sato set outמִלָּכִֽישׁ׃H3923 · la.khishLachish
Cross-references
2 Kings 18:14And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.Joshua 10:29Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:2 Kings 8:22Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.Joshua 15:39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,Micah 1:13O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she [is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.Isaiah 37:8-9So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.Joshua 15:42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,Joshua 12:15The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;Joshua 12:11The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
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