2 Chronicles 32:3

He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.

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In Context

2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

4So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:20And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

2 Chronicles 32:30This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Isaiah 22:8And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.

Romans 11:34For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 32:2-9

Sennacherib's Invasion; Hezekiah's Patient Confidence. ( b. c. 713.) 1 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. 4 So there was… Read the whole commentary →

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