Isaiah 37:8 - Exposition

Rabshakeh … found the King of Assyria warring against Libnah. Libnah was a town at no great distance from Lachish ( Joshua 10:31 ; Joshua 15:39-42 ). It was also near Mareshah ( Joshua 15:42-44 ), 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; hut it would seem, from his monuments, that he had captured Lachish, and had gone on to Libnah, as the next stronghold on the way to Egypt.