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2 Kings 19:8
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When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
2 Kings 19:8 in Other Translations
KJV
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So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
ESV
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The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that the king had left Lachish.
NLT
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Meanwhile, the Assyrian chief of staff left Jerusalem and went to consult the king of Assyria, who had left Lachish and was attacking Libnah.
MSG
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The Rabshakeh left and found that the king of Assyria had pulled up stakes from Lachish and was now fighting against Libnah.
CSB
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When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he returned and found him fighting against Libnah.
2 Kings 19:8 Meaning and Commentary
2 Kings 19:8
(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
2 Kings 19:8 In-Context
6
Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
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Listen! When he hears a certain report, I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.’ ”
8
When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
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Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush, was marching out to fight against him. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word:
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“Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’
