10:31 Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops 1 and fought against it.
12:11 the king of Jarmuth (one),
the king of Lachish (one),
37:8 When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning. 2
1:13 Residents of Lachish, 3 hitch the horses to the chariots!
You 4 influenced Daughter Zion 5 to sin, 6
for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back 7 to you!
1 tn Heb “encamped against it.”
2 tn Heb “and the chief adviser returned and he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.”
3 sn The place name Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team [of horses].”
4 tn Heb “she”; this has been translated as second person (“you”) in keeping with the direct address to the residents of Lachish in the previous line.
5 sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.
6 tn Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”
7 tn Heb “for in you was found the transgressions of Israel.”