Libnah

A fortified Levitical city in the Judean Shephelah (lowlands). Joshua captured it shortly after Lachish during the southern campaign (Joshua 10:29-30). Centuries later it joined Edom in rebelling against King Jehoram of Judah (2 Kings 8:22). When the Assyrian king Sennacherib left Lachish to attack other cities, he laid siege to Libnah next — and that's where the angel of the Lord struck down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers in a single night (2 Kings 19:8-35), forcing his retreat. Hamutal, mother of two of Judah's last kings (Jehoahaz and Zedekiah), was from here.