⁸ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

²⁹ Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

²⁰ They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and encamped in Libnah.

²¹ They traveled from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah.

³¹ Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

³² and Yahweh delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.

³³ Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

³⁴ Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it;

¹¹ the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

³⁹ Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,

¹³ To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,

²² So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time.

⁸ So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

⁹ When he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against you, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,

¹⁰ So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Yahweh, the God of his fathers.