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2 Chronicles 32:3

He took up with his rulers and men of war the question of stopping up the water-springs outside the town; and they gave him their support.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come for the purpose of fighting against Jerusalem,

4So they got together a great number of people, and had all the water-springs and the stream flowing through the land stopped up, saying, Why let the kings of Assyria come and have much water?

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Cross References

2 Kings 20:20Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his power, and how he made the pool and the stream, to take water into the town, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

2 Chronicles 32:30It was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.

Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

Isaiah 22:8He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods.

Romans 11:34Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?

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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