Isaiah 37:8

Isaiah 37:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
• New International Version (NIV)When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.

Context of Isaiah 37:8

6Isaiah answered them, “Say this to your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Don’t be afraid of the message that you heard when the Assyrian king’s assistants slandered me. 7I’m going to put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own country. I’ll have him assassinated in his own country.’ ” The field commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah. He had heard that the king left Lachish. 9Now, Sennacherib heard that King Tirhakah of Sudan was coming to fight him. When he heard this, he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10“Tell King Hezekiah of Judah, ‘Don’t let the god whom you trust deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be put under the control of the king of Assyria.

Isaiah 37:8 word by word

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ רַב־שָׁקֵ֔ה וַיִּמְצָא֙ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר נִלְחָ֖ם עַל־לִבְנָ֑ה כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע כִּ֥י נָסַ֖ע מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Rabshakehרַבְשָׁקֵהrabshâqêh · RabshakehH7262
• returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• and foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• warringלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against Libnahלִבְנָהlibnâh · LibnahH3841
• for he had heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• that he was departedנָסַעnâsa‛ · to set outH5265
• from Lachishלָכִישׁlâkîysh · LachishH3923

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:8

• 2 Kings 19:8The field commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah. He had heard that the king left Lachish.
• Numbers 33:20They moved from Rimmon Perez and set up camp at Libnah.
• Joshua 10:29Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it.
• Joshua 21:13So they gave the following cities with pasturelands to the descendants of Aaron, the priest. The nine cities from those two tribes were Hebron (a city of refuge for murderers), Libnah,
• 2 Kings 8:22So Edom rebelled against Judah’s rule and is still independent today. At that time Libnah also rebelled.
• 2 Chronicles 21:10So Edom rebelled against Judah’s rule and is still independent today. At the same time Edom rebelled, Libnah rebelled because Jehoram had abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors.
• Joshua 12:11the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish,
• Joshua 15:39Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon,

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Rabshakeh returned - From Isaiah 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8So Rabshakeh returned - Returned from Jerusalem to the camp of his master. He had received no answer to his insulting message Isaiah 36:21; he saw there was no prospect that the city would surrender; and he therefore returned again to the camp. And found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah - He had departed from Lachish. Why he had done this is unknown. It is possible that he had taken it, though this is not recorded anywhere in history. Or it is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Libnah was a city on the Philistine plain near Lachish. Sennacherib was preparing to fight both Egypt and Jerusalem when he sent word to Hezekiah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. returned--to the camp of his master. 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 Is 36:2). Libnah was in Judea and given to the priests (1Ch 6:54, 57).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:8

• Libnah

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Hezekiah
• Isaiah
• Libnah
• Rabmag
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• Hezekiah (2)
• Lachish

Commentaries on Isaiah 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings