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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Isaiah 37:8

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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returned--to the camp of his master. Libnah--meaning "whiteness," the Blanche-garde of the Crusaders [STANLEY]. EUSEBIUS and JEROME place it more south, in the district of Eleutheropolis, ten miles northwest of Lachish, which Sennacherib had captured (see on Isa 36:2). Libnah was in Judea and given to the priests (Ch1 6:54, Ch1 6:57).
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