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 Living Translation (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.

Context of Isaiah 37:8

6And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. 7Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ” Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish. 9And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to make war with you.” So when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10“Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand 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 19:8Then the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
• Numbers 33:20They departed from Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.
• Joshua 10:29Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah; and they fought against Libnah.
• Joshua 21:13Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common-land,
• 2 Kings 8:22Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah’s authority to this day. And Libnah revolted at that time.
• 2 Chronicles 21:10Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah’s authority to this day. At that time Libnah revolted against his rule, because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.
• Joshua 12:11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
• 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
• Hezekiah
• Isaiah
• Libnah
• Rabmag
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• Hezekiah (2)
• Lachish
• Rabshakeh

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