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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/isaiah/37.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Meanwhile, the Assyrian chief of staff left Jerusalem and went to consult the king of Assyria, who had left Lachish and was attacking Libnah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then <i>the</i> Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had set out from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah], for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the royal spokesman heard that the king of Assyria had pulled out of Lachish, he left and found him fighting against Libnah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he returned and found him fighting against Libnah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Meanwhile the commander of the Assyrian forces heard that his king had left the town of Lachish and was now attacking Libnah. So he went there. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The field commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah. He had heard that the king left Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Assyrian official learned that the emperor had left Lachish and was fighting against the nearby city of Libnah; so he went there to consult him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So the field commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, since he had heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Rabshakeh turns back and finds the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he has heard that he has journeyed from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Rabshakeh turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Rabshakeh will turn back and find the king of Assur warring against Libnah: for he heard that he removed from Lachish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Rabsaces returned, end found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna. W For he had heard that he was departed from Lachis. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then Rabshakeh returned, and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah. For he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When the commander, on his return, heard that the king of Assyria had withdrawn from Lachish, he found him besieging Libnah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So the Rab-shakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Rabshaqeh returned and he found The King of Assyria fighting against Lebna when he heard that he picked up from Lakish<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachis.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/37-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=7749" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/37.htm">Sennacherib's Blasphemous Letter</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/7262.htm" title="7262: raḇ- (N-ms) -- Perhaps chief of the officers, an Assyr. military leader. From rab and shaqah; chief butler; Rabshakeh, a Bab. Official."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7262.htm" title="7262: šā·qêh (N-ms) -- Perhaps chief of the officers, an Assyr. military leader. From rab and shaqah; chief butler; Rabshakeh, a Bab. Official.">the Rabshakeh</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">heard</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5265.htm" title="5265: nā·sa‘ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To pull out or up, set out, journey. A primitive root; properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. Start on a journey.">the king of Assyria had left</a> <a href="/hebrew/3923.htm" title="3923: mil·lā·ḵîš (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A Canaanite city S.W. of Jer. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; Lakish, a place in Palestine.">Lachish,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: way·yā·šāḇ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">he withdrew</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: way·yim·ṣā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">and found</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šūr (N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3898.htm" title="3898: nil·ḥām (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To feed on, to consume, to battle. A primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle.">fighting</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/3841.htm" title="3841: liḇ·nāh (N-proper-fs) -- The same as libneh; Libnah, a place in the Desert and one in Palestine.">Libnah.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-8.htm">2 Kings 19:8</a></span><br />When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm">Isaiah 36:2</a></span><br />And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-9.htm">2 Chronicles 32:9</a></span><br />Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Isaiah 36:12</a></span><br />But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/36-18.htm">Isaiah 36:18</a></span><br />Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/36-20.htm">Isaiah 36:20</a></span><br />Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm">2 Kings 18:17</a></span><br />Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-19.htm">2 Kings 18:19</a></span><br />The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-25.htm">2 Kings 18:25</a></span><br />So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-35.htm">2 Kings 18:35</a></span><br />Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Isaiah 30:28</a></span><br />His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Isaiah 31:8</a></span><br />“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-7.htm">Isaiah 33:7-9</a></span><br />Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly. / The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded. / The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Isaiah 8:9-10</a></span><br />Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered! / Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.</p><p class="hdg">Rabshakeh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-8.htm">2 Kings 19:8,9</a></b></br> So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/33-20.htm">Numbers 33:20,21</a></b></br> And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah… </p><p class="hdg">Libnah</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-29.htm">Joshua 10:29,31-34</a></b></br> Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/21-13.htm">Joshua 21:13</a></b></br> Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, <i>to be</i> a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/8-22.htm">2 Kings 8:22</a></b></br> Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.</p><p class="hdg">Lachish</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/12-11.htm">Joshua 12:11</a></b></br> The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-39.htm">Joshua 15:39</a></b></br> Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-13.htm">Commander</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-7.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-11.htm">Field</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-7.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/songs/8-10.htm">Findeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-9.htm">Found</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-7.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/job/38-16.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-10.htm">Libnah</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-7.htm">Making</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-4.htm">Rabshakeh</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-22.htm">Rab'shakeh</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-4.htm">Rab-Shakeh</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-5.htm">War</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-7.htm">Warring</a> <a href="/psalms/85-3.htm">Withdrew</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/37-10.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-4.htm">Commander</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Departed</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-11.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-24.htm">Field</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-4.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Findeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/39-2.htm">Found</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-9.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-9.htm">Journeyed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-1.htm">Libnah</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-23.htm">Making</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm">Rabshakeh</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-19.htm">Rab'shakeh</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm">Rab-Shakeh</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-34.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-9.htm">War</a> <a href="/romans/7-23.htm">Warring</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Withdrew</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-6.htm">Isaiah comforts them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">Hezekiah's prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-21.htm">Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-36.htm">An angel slays the Assyrians</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/37-37.htm">Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish</b><br>The Rabshakeh was a high-ranking Assyrian official, likely a chief cupbearer or military commander, sent by King Sennacherib to deliver messages. Lachish was a significant fortified city in Judah, second only to Jerusalem. The Assyrian siege of Lachish is well-documented, including reliefs found in Sennacherib's palace in Nineveh, illustrating the city's capture. This event underscores the Assyrian military prowess and their systematic campaign against Judah. The departure from Lachish indicates a strategic shift, possibly due to military needs or threats elsewhere.<p><b>he withdrew</b><br>The withdrawal of the Rabshakeh suggests a change in military strategy or a response to new intelligence. This movement reflects the fluid nature of ancient warfare, where commanders had to adapt quickly to changing circumstances. It also indicates the importance of communication and hierarchy within the Assyrian military structure, as the Rabshakeh would have been acting under direct orders from the king.<p><b>and found the king fighting against Libnah</b><br>Libnah was another fortified city in Judah, located southwest of Jerusalem. Its mention here highlights the ongoing Assyrian campaign to subdue the region. The shift from Lachish to Libnah suggests that the Assyrians were systematically targeting key Judean strongholds. This movement also reflects the broader geopolitical context, where control of cities like Libnah was crucial for maintaining dominance over the region. The Assyrian focus on these cities demonstrates their strategy of cutting off Jerusalem from potential allies and resources.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/r/rabshakeh.htm">Rabshakeh</a></b><br>A high-ranking Assyrian military official and spokesman for King Sennacherib. He was involved in delivering messages to the people of Judah, attempting to intimidate them into surrender.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_of_assyria.htm">King of Assyria (Sennacherib)</a></b><br>The ruler of the Assyrian Empire during this time, known for his military campaigns and efforts to expand his empire, including the siege of Jerusalem.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/lachish.htm">Lachish</a></b><br>A significant city in Judah that was under siege by the Assyrian army. It was a strategic location and its capture was crucial for Assyria's campaign against Judah.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/l/libnah.htm">Libnah</a></b><br>Another city in Judah that became the focus of the Assyrian military efforts after Lachish. The shift in focus indicates the ongoing military campaign in the region.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a></b><br>Although not mentioned directly in this verse, King Hezekiah of Judah is a central figure in the surrounding account, as he seeks God's deliverance from the Assyrian threat.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Despite the overwhelming threat from Assyria, the account encourages believers to trust in God's control over all circumstances. He is sovereign over nations and their leaders.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Hezekiah's response to the Assyrian threat was to seek God in prayer. This teaches the importance of turning to God in times of crisis and relying on His guidance and deliverance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_people.htm">God's Faithfulness to His People</a></b><br>The shift in the Assyrian campaign from Lachish to Libnah demonstrates God's intervention and faithfulness to protect His people, even when the situation seems dire.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_arrogance.htm">The Futility of Human Arrogance</a></b><br>The Assyrian arrogance, as represented by the Rabshakeh, ultimately leads to their downfall. This serves as a reminder of the futility of human pride against God's plans.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_rabshakeh's_meeting.htm">Isaiah 36:2: Is there archaeological evidence confirming the Rabshakeh's confrontation at the upper pool near the Launderers' Field?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_hezekiah_unconcerned_in_isaiah_39_8.htm">Isaiah 39:8: Why does Hezekiah seem untroubled by the future judgment pronounced on his descendants, and what does this imply about his character or leadership?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_archaeological_proof_of_ariel's_siege.htm">Isaiah 29:1-4 speaks of Ariel's siege; is there any archaeological evidence verifying such a historically significant event?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_judah_harvest_post-siege.htm">In Isaiah 37:30-32, how can a devastated Judah produce such an abundant harvest within a single season after the Assyrian siege?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Warring against Libnah . . . Lachish.</span>--Both names occur in <a href="/joshua/15-39.htm" title="Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,">Joshua 15:39</a>; <a href="/joshua/15-42.htm" title="Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,">Joshua 15:42</a>, as belonging to Judah. The step would seem to indicate a strategic movement, intended to check the march of Tirhakah's army; but in our ignorance of the topography, we can settle nothing further. By some writers Libnah has been identified with Pelusium, or some other town in the Delta of the Nile. The narrative seems, perhaps, to suggest something more than a transfer of the attack from one small fortress in Judah to another; but that is all that can be said.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/37.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Rabshakeh... found the King of Assyria warring against Libnah.</span> Libnah was a town at no great distance from Lachish (<a href="/joshua/10-31.htm">Joshua 10:31</a>; <a href="/joshua/15-39.htm">Joshua 15:39-42</a>). It was also near Mareshah (<a href="/joshua/15-42.htm">Joshua 15:42-44</a>), and must therefore have belonged to the more southern portion of the Shefeleh, and probably to the eastern region, where the hills sink down into the plain. The exact site is very uncertain, and still remains to be discovered. Sennacherib's object in moving upon Libnah is doubtful; but it would seem, from his monuments, that he had captured Lachish (Layard, 'Nineveh and Babylon,' pp. 149-152), and had gone on to Libnah, as the next stronghold on the way to Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/37-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Rab-shakeh</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁקֵ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·qêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7262.htm">Strong's 7262: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rabshakeh -- perhaps 'chief of the officers', an Assyrian military leader</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heard</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁמַ֔ע</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ma‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the king of Assyria had left</span><br /><span class="heb">נָסַ֖ע</span> <span class="translit">(nā·sa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5265.htm">Strong's 5265: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pull up, the tent-pins, start on a, journey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Lachish,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִלָּכִֽישׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mil·lā·ḵîš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3923.htm">Strong's 3923: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lachish -- a Canaanite city Southwest of Jerusalem</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he withdrew</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·šāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and found</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּמְצָא֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·yim·ṣā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the king</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶ֣לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fighting</span><br /><span class="heb">נִלְחָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(nil·ḥām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3898.htm">Strong's 3898: </a> </span><span class="str2">To feed on, to consume, to battle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Libnah.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבְנָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(liḇ·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3841.htm">Strong's 3841: </a> </span><span class="str2">Libnah -- a city in soutwest Judah, also a place in the wilderness</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/37-8.htm">Isaiah 37:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/37-8.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 37:8 So Rabshakeh returned and found the king (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/37-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 37:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/37-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 37:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 37:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>