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Contemporary English Version

Joshua 10:29

Joshua and his army left Makkedah and attacked the town of Libnah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Captive;   Hebron;   Joshua;   Libnah;   Massacre;   War;   Thompson Chain Reference - Libnah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sieges;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Adonizedek;   Libnah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joshua the son of nun;   Palestine;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Libnah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Libnah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Joshua;   Libnah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eglon ;   Gibeon ;   Lachish ;   Libnah ;   Makkedah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Makkedah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Lachish;   Libnah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Makke'dah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joshua (2);   Joshua, Book of;   Libnah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joshua and all Israel with him crossed from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua passed from Makkedah, and all Yisra'el with him, to Livna, and fought against Livna:
King James Version
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
Lexham English Bible
And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah, and he fought against Libnah.
English Standard Version
Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
New Century Version
Joshua and all the Israelites traveled from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it.
New English Translation
Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it.
Amplified Bible
Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
New American Standard Bible
Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ioshua went from Makkedah, and all Israel with him vnto Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoshua went on from Makkedah, and all Isra'el with him, to Livnah; and he fought against Livnah.
Darby Translation
And Joshua passed, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Joshua and all the Israelites traveled from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked that city.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Joshua passed from Makkar, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and they fought against Libnah;
Good News Translation
After this, Joshua and his army went on from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it.
Literal Translation
And Joshua passed on, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah. And he fought with Libnah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Iosua and all Israel with him departed fro Makeda vnto Lybna, & foughte agaynst it.
American Standard Version
And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
Bible in Basic English
Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Makkedah and came to Libnah, and made an attack on it;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then Iosuah went from Makeda, and all Israel with him, vnto Libna, and fought agaynst Libna.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
King James Version (1611)
Then Ioshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, vnto Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua and all Israel with him departed out of Makeda to Lebna, and besieged Lebna.
English Revised Version
And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
Berean Standard Bible
Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Josue passide with al Israel fro Maceda in to Lempna, and fauyt ayens it,
Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah [to] Libnah, and fighteth with Libnah;
Update Bible Version
And Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
World English Bible
Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
New King James Version
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah; and they fought against Libnah.
New Living Translation
Then Joshua and the Israelites went to Libnah and attacked it.
New Life Bible
Then Joshua and all Israel went from Makkedah to fight against Libnah.
New Revised Standard
Then Joshua passed on from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Joshua passed over, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah unto Libnah, - and fought against Libnah;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he passed from Maceda with all Israel to Lebna, and fought against it:
Revised Standard Version
Then Joshua passed on from Makke'dah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah;
THE MESSAGE
Joshua, all Israel with him, moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah. God gave Libnah to Israel. They captured city and king and massacred the lot. No survivors. Libnah's king got the same treatment as Jericho's king.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.

Contextual Overview

28 Later that day, Joshua captured Makkedah and killed its king and everyone else in the town, just as he had done at Jericho. 29 Joshua and his army left Makkedah and attacked the town of Libnah. 30 The Lord let them capture the town and its king, and they killed the king and everyone else, just as they had done at Jericho. 31 Joshua then led his army to Lachish, and they set up camp around the town. They attacked, 32 and the next day the Lord let them capture the town. They killed everyone, as they had done at Libnah. 33 King Horam of Gezer arrived to help Lachish, but Joshua and his troops attacked and destroyed him and his army. 34 From Lachish, Joshua took his troops to Eglon, where they set up camp surrounding the town. They attacked, 35 captured it that same day, then killed everyone, as they had done at Lachish. 36 Joshua and his army left Eglon and attacked Hebron. 37 They captured the town and the nearby villages, then killed everyone, including the king. They destroyed Hebron in the same way they had destroyed Eglon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Libnah: This city was situated in the south of Judah, and in the district of Eleutheropolis, according to Eusebius and Jerome. It is probably the Libnah in the neighbourhood of which the Israelites encamped. Joshua 12:15, Joshua 15:42, Joshua 21:13, Numbers 33:20, 2 Kings 8:22, 2 Kings 19:8, Jeremiah 52:1, as he did, Joshua 10:28, Joshua 6:21, Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:29

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:57 - Libnah Isaiah 37:8 - Libnah

Cross-References

Genesis 2:11
The first one is the Pishon River that flows through the land of Havilah,
1 Samuel 15:7
and Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, which is just east of Egypt.
1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat had seagoing ships built to sail to Ophir for gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber and never sailed.
1 Chronicles 9:10
Here is a list of priests who settled in Jerusalem: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin; Azariah, who was a temple official, and whose ancestors included Hilkiah, Meshullam, Zadok, Meraioth, and Ahitub; Adaiah son of Jeroham, whose ancestors included Pashhur and Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, whose ancestors included Jahzerah, Meshullam, Meshillemith, and Immer.
1 Chronicles 9:13
There was a total of 1,760 priests, all of them family leaders in their clan and trained in the work at the temple.
Job 22:24
So get rid of your finest gold, as though it were sand.
Job 28:16
or precious stones.
Psalms 45:9
Daughters of kings are here, and your bride stands at your right side, wearing a wedding gown trimmed with pure gold.
Isaiah 13:12
Survivors will be harder to find than the purest gold.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua passed from Makkedah,.... After he had taken it, and destroyed its inhabitants, and its king:

and all Israel with him; that is, all the men of war he took with him from the camp at Gilgal, from whence he went to the relief of Gibeon:

unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah; a city that fell to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:42. Jerom r says, in his time it was a village, in the region of Eleutheropolis, and was called Libnah; according to Bunting s it was but two miles from Makkedah.

r De loc. Heb. fol. 92. M. s Travels of the Patriarchs, &c. p. 96.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Libnah - The word means “white” or “distinct,” and undoubtedly points to some natural feature of the spot, perhaps the “Garde Blanche” of the Crusaders, a castle which stood on or near the white cliffs which bound the plain of Philistia to the east opposite to Ascalon. It was in the southern part of the hill-country of Judah Joshua 15:42, and was one of the cities afterward assigned to the priests Joshua 21:13.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. Fought against Libnah — This city was near Makkedah, see Joshua 15:42, and fell to the tribe of Judah, Joshua 10:20; Joshua 10:42, and was given to the priests, Joshua 21:13. Sennacherib besieged it, after he had been obliged to raise the siege of Lachish. See 2 Kings 19:8; Isaiah 37:8.


 
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