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Isaiah 37:8–9
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Isaiah 37:8
8¶ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
8¶ So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for hee had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
Isaiah 37:9
9And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
9And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Hee is come foorth to make warre with thee: and when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying;
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DEFINED WORDS
Isaiah 37:8
Came, sent, or gave back; restored or repaid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To depart: to leave, go away, withdraw, or die, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Isaiah 37:9
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
concerning
Regarding, relating to, or about.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outward, onward, or away from a place.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To perform, conduct, or carry out the stated action.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Armed conflict; as a verb, to fight or contend.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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messengers
Persons who bear messages or errands; bearers of spoken or written communications or dispatches.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 8
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Open the full verse study29Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
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Open the full verse study10So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.
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Open the full verse study8¶ So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
9And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
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Open the full verse study22Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
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Open the full verse study31¶ And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
32And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
33¶ Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
34¶ And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
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Open the full verse study11The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
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Open the full verse study39Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
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Open the full verse study13¶ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
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Open the full verse study20And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Libnah.
21And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
From verse 9
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Open the full verse study27¶ But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
28Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.
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Open the full verse study1WOE to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
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Open the full verse study5And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
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Open the full verse study7Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
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