So EdomrevoltedagainstJudahto thisday.ThenLibnahrevoltedat the sametime.
"By your swordyou shall live,And your brotheryou shall serve;But it shall comeabout whenyou becomerestless,That you will breakhis yokefrom your neck."
Then Rabshakehreturnedand foundthe kingof AssyriafightingagainstLibnah,for he had heardthat the king had leftLachish.
In his daysEdomrevoltedfrom underthe handof Judah,and madea kingoverthemselves.
The restof the actsof Joramand allthat he did,are they not writtenin the Bookof the Chroniclesof the Kingsof Judah?
So EdomrevoltedagainstJudahto thisday.ThenLibnahrevoltedat the sametimeagainsthis rule,becausehe had forsakenthe LORDGodof his fathers.
For againthe Edomiteshad comeand attackedJudahand carriedaway captives.
Zedekiahwas twenty-oneyearsoldwhen he becameking,and he reignedelevenyearsin Jerusalem;and his mother'snamewas Hamutalthe daughterof Jeremiahof Libnah.
So to the sonsof Aaronthe priestthey gaveHebron,the cityof refugefor the manslayer,with its pasturelands,and Libnahwith its pasturelands,