2 Chronicles 32:3
he took counsel with his rulers and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were outside the city. And they helped him.
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2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib came, and that he intended to fight against Jerusalem,
Cross References
2 Kings 20:20Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the 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 spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel, and by wise guidance make thou war.
Isaiah 22:8And he took away the covering of Judah, and thou looked in that day to the armor in the house of the forest.
Romans 11:34For who has known the mind of Lord? Or who became his counselor?
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 →