Isaiah 37:8

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Then the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria waging war against Libnah, for he had heard that he had left Lachish.

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  • Josh 10:29 : 29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it.
  • Josh 10:31-34 : 31 Then Joshua and all Israel with him advanced from Libnah to Lachish. They camped against it and fought against it. 32 The LORD gave Lachish into Israel's hands, and they captured it on the second day. They put it to the sword, along with everyone in it, just as they had done to Libnah. 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his people, leaving no survivors. 34 Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Lachish to Eglon. They camped against it and fought it.
  • Josh 12:11 : 11 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
  • Josh 15:39 : 39 Lachish, Bozkath, and Eglon.
  • Josh 21:13 : 13 To the descendants of Aaron, the priest, they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone), along with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands.
  • 2 Kgs 8:22 : 22 So Edom has been in rebellion against Judah to this day. At the same time, Libnah also rebelled.
  • 2 Kgs 19:8-9 : 8 Then the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria waging war against Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish. 9 Now the king of Assyria heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, who had set out to fight against him. So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
  • 2 Chr 21:10 : 10 From that time to the present day, Edom has been in rebellion against Judah's authority. At that same time, Libnah also rebelled because Jehoram had abandoned the Lord, the God of his ancestors.
  • Num 33:20-21 : 20 They journeyed from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. 21 They departed from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

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    7Behold, I will send a spirit upon him; he will hear a report, return to his own land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

    8Then the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria waging war against Libnah, for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.

    9Now the king of Assyria heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, who had set out to fight against him. So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

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    9Now the king of Assyria heard about Tirhakah, king of Cush, who was coming to fight against him. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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    1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, marched against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

    2And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the launderer’s field.

    3Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, with Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph the recorder, went out to him.

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    27But the Rab-shakeh replied, "Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you only? Has he not sent me to the people sitting on the wall—who will have to eat their excrement and drink their urine with you?"

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