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 said to them: “Thus you will say to your master, ‘Thus says Adonai: Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the boys of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. 7Behold, I am putting a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor, and will return to his own country; then I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.’” Then the Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard he had withdrawn from Lachish. 9Now he had heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, saying: “He has come out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah saying: 10“Thus you will say to King Hezekiah of Judah, saying, do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying: ‘Jerusalem will 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19:8Then the Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had withdrawn from Lachish.
• Numbers 33:20They left from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
• Joshua 10:29Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
• Joshua 21:13But to the children of Aaron the kohen they assigned Hebron (the city of refuge for the manslayer) with its pastures, Libnah with its pastures,
• 2 Kings 8:22So Edom kept rebelling from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah also revolted at the same time.
• 2 Chronicles 21:10Thus Edom has been in rebellion against Judah to this day. Then Libnah also revolted from under his hand at that time—because he had forsaken Adonai, the God of his fathers.
• Joshua 12:11one king of Jarmuth, one 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